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Observations on the time course of calving events in unassisted multiparous spring calving suckler cows housed in a straw bedded yard

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

J. J. Hyslop ,
D. W. Ross ,
M. Bell  and
C. Dwyer
J. J. Hyslop*
Affiliation:
SAC Ltd, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian, United Kingdom
D. W. Ross
Affiliation:
SAC Ltd, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian, United Kingdom
M. Bell
Affiliation:
SAC Ltd, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian, United Kingdom
C. Dwyer
Affiliation:
SAC Ltd, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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As financial pressures on UK beef farms increase, each beef industry stockman will be expected to look after more animals. Consequently, labour availability around calving will be reduced in future years. In order to enable limited human assistance to be targeted towards those cows and calves that need it, a sound understanding of the time course of the natural calving process is needed. The objective of this study was to detail the time dynamics of the major externally visible calving events in unassisted spring calving suckler cows housed in a straw bedded yard, typical of UK practice.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2008 , 2008 , pp. 158
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2008

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