Browsing College of Agriculture by Subject "Dairy cattle"

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  • Body condition scoring: A management tool
    Shirley, J. E. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1993)
    Body condition scoring provides a tool to help the dairy herd manager evaluate his/her nutrition and management program. It takes time, has an associated cost, and will result in a positive economic return if one makes ...
  • Effect of yearly milk per cow on profitability of dairy herds
    Call, E. P.; Dunham, J. R. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1993)
    An analysis of Kansas Holstein herds in 1992 indicated that the yearly milk production per cow had a significant effect on returns to labor and management. The lowest quartile herds (13,445 lb per cow average) had a ...
  • Effect of yearly milk production on average days open
    Call, E.P. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1992)
    Although there is a genetic antagonism between yearly production per cow and reproduction, analysis of Kansas Holstein herds suggests that managers of higher producing herds overcome this inverse relationship. Higher ...
  • Effects of temperature and humidity on cow respiration rates in three Kansas and two Nebraska freestall barns
    Brouk, M. J.; Harner, J. P.; Smith, J. F. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1999)
    Temperatures and humidities outside and inside freestall barns and cow respiration rates were monitored on three Kansas and two Nebraska commercial dairy farms during the summer of 1999. All farms had 4-row freestall ...