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Journal of Animal Science, Vol 78, Issue 11 2790-2796, Copyright © 2000 by American Society of Animal Science

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Timing of realimentation of mature cows that were feed-restricted during pregnancy influences calf birth weights and growth rates

H. C. Freetly, C. L. Ferrell and T. G. Jenkins
USDA, ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, NE 68933, USA. freetly@email.marc.usda.gov

The objective of this study was to determine the effect of feeding strategies in cows that allowed BW loss followed by BW gain on the efficiency of feed utilization for calf production. The first treatment (H-H-H) was designed to maintain body condition score of mature cows at 5.5 from the second trimester until the subsequent breeding season. The second treatment (L-H-H) was designed such that cows lost body condition during the second trimester and regained it during the third trimester and were equal in weight and body condition scores at parturition to cows assigned to the H-H-H treatment. The third treatment (L-L-H) was designed such that cows lost body condition during the second trimester and gained body condition after 28 d of lactation so that they would be equal to the other two treatments at breeding. Forty-eight cows were assigned to each treatment. Total DMI over the entire study did not differ between the H-H-H and L-H-H treatments (P = 0.23), but intake on both were higher than the L-L-H treatment (P < 0.001). Calf birth weight of the H-H-H treatment did not differ (P = 0.43) from those of L-H-H, but both groups were greater than those of the L-L-H (P < or = 0.002) treatment. At 28 d of age, H-H-H (P = 0.008) and L-H-H (P = 0.007) calves weighed more than the L-L-H calves, but at 58 d of age there was no difference in calf BW among the treatments (P = 0.81). The percentage of cows that were diagnosed pregnant at weaning with their next calf did not differ (P = 0.71) among treatments. We interpret the results of this study to suggest that weight cycling in mature beef cows may be a viable management tool for decreasing food costs.


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