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Influence of Type and Sex on the Body Measurements of Shorthorn Calves

United States Department of Agriculture

Abstract

In a study of the measurements of calves taken at definite ages to determine the influence of type and sex on conformation and growth, beef and milking strains of Shorthorns were used. The growth of an animal takes place in two ways, namely, increases in skeletal structure, and development of muscular and fat tissues. Skeletal development may be associated with an increase in flesh, but flesh development can be independent of skeletal growth.

The calves used in this study were purebred Shorthorn bull, heifer, and steer calves born and reared at the National Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Md. The feeding of the two types was esentially the same, the only difference being that the Milking Shorthorn calves were pail-fed milk while the beef calves nursed their dams. In total digestible nutrients the difference was less than 20 pounds up to weaning time. In obtaining the measurements, the animal was placed as squarely as posible on its four feet, its head in a normal upright position.