Displaying items by tag: body condition score

Treating second year heifers like mixed aged cows is one of the main reasons they don’t get in calf again, DairyNZ South Auckland consulting officer Jamie Haultain says.

Body condition score (BCS) will increasingly be adopted as a measure in welfare assurance schemes, so scoring must be accurate throughout the BCS range, say DairyNZ’s Chris Leach and Jacqueline McGowan.

A change will be made this month to the way body condition score (BCS) records are treated before they enter the animal evaluation (AE) system.

An automated body condition scoring system for New Zealand-bred cows will be launched at National Fieldays next month.

An animal nutritionist is urging farmers to look deeper than body condition score for a true understanding of their cows' skeletons in assessing their health.

Despite great cow and pasture condition in spring, Lincoln University dairy farm’s six-week in-calf rate slumped from 78% last year to 72% this year.

Range in body condition score (BCS) is as important as average BCS at calving, says DairyNZ.

Body condition score (BCS) is to be included as a new trait in breeding worth (BW) from February 2016.

A lot of research into body condition scoring has yielded overwhelming evidence to support DairyNZ targets at calving.

ATTENTION TO herd health and body condition score has paid dividends for Winton sharemilkers Nigel and Paula Duncan, helping them build cow numbers rapidly and push their production boundaries within a low cost system.