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- Calving ease is a desired trait in cattle breeding123. Calving difficulty can lower calf survivability and extend post-partum intervals for cows, which then lowers breed-back rates1. Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs) can be utilized to help manage this risk1. Calving ease is a complex trait, with both cow and calf playing a genetic and environmental role3. Measuring calving traits like gestation length, birth weight, and stillbirth rate are easy tools to monitor calving issues4.Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.
Calving ease is a desired trait. Most would argue it is not only desired but necessary, as calving difficulty can lower calf survivability and extend post-partum intervals for cows, which then lowers breed-back rates. Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs) can be utilized to help manage this risk.
genex.coop/how-much-calving-ease-is-enough/Calving ease (DTRS) EBVs are estimates of genetic differences between animals in the ability of their 2-year-old daughters to calve without assistance. The EBVs are also reported as differences in the percentage of unassisted calvings.
www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/animals-and-livestock/beef-ca…Calving ease is a complex trait, with both cow and calf playing a genetic and environmental role. Biologically, parturition is a collaboration between dam and offspring that requires a precise sequence of physiological events. Due to the complex nature of the birth process, any observed difficulty can result from a large variety of factors.
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- Lowering the number of difficult calvings improves cow and calf health.
- Measuring calving traits like gestation length, birth weight, and stillbirth rate are easy tools to monitor calving issues.
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