Calving and weaning performance of calves from heifers bred to easy calving sires

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Tong, A. K. W.
  • Jones, S. D. M.
  • Newman, J. A.
  • Vincent, B. C.
  • Price, M. A.

• In a calving ease comparison involving 106 calves born to first calf heifers, calves sired by Red Angus bulls were heavier at birth and required more calving assistance than Corriente-sired calves. However, the easier calving Corriente-sired calves experienced equivalent death loss and were significantly lighter at 3, 5 and 7 mo of age.

• Date created

  1994

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Weaning weight
  • Birth weight
  • Ease of calving
  • Red angus
  • Beef
  • Corriente

• Type of Item

  Article (Published)

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3PK0753H

• License

  @1994 Tong, A. K. W., Vincent, B. C., Newman, J. A., Jones, S. D. M., Price, M. A. This version of this article is open access and can be downloaded and shared. The original author(s) and source must be cited.