Nutritional management of the dairy heifer

Authors

  • B. W. McBride Department of Animal & Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 Canada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol0no22p87-88

Keywords:

dairy heifer, nutrition, milk production, lactation, mammary glands, forage

Abstract

Many dairymen realize that early calving heifers are more profitable simply because they start producing milk at an earlier age. However, it is becoming apparent that too rapid a growth rate in prepubertal heifers has a detrimental effect on mammary gland development.

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Published

1987-11-01

How to Cite

McBride, B. W. (1987). Nutritional management of the dairy heifer. The Bovine Practitioner, (22), 87–88. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol0no22p87-88

Issue

No. 22 (1987 November)

Section

Articles