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Body weight and measurements of Holstein heifers under intensive management in Indonesia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

A. Anggraeni  and
P. Rowlinson
A. Anggraeni*
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, University of Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 7RU, U.K.
P. Rowlinson
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, University of Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 7RU, U.K.
*
E-mail: Anneke.anggraeni@ncl.ac.uk
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Optimising heifer growth rates is an essential component of dairy replacement management in order to ensure sustainable heifer replacement stocks. Continuous evaluation of the growth pattern of heifers in a herd may be used to identify particular effects of nutritional management and the environment. Body weight is considered the most useful indicator of a heifer’s growth rate, both in practice and experiment work, along with body measurements reflecting the skeletal growth of heifer. The aims of this research are to investigate: 1) body trait : age relationships, 2) ratio of body measurements to body weight, and 3) to predict body weight based on body measurements of Holstein heifers in Indonesia.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2005 , 2005 , pp. 118
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2005

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