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<blockquote data-quote="Bright Raven" data-source="post: 1533228" data-attributes="member: 27490"><p>While the general concept is that nutrition contributes to a higher BW, publications warn that limiting nutrition in the 3rd trimester is not recommended because it reduces the health of the calf.</p><p></p><p>In general, the factors that affect BW are:</p><p></p><p>1. Sex</p><p>2. Temperature</p><p>3. Nutrition </p><p>4. Genetics</p><p>5. Size of cow</p><p>6. Uterine Horn that is the site of implantation.</p><p></p><p>On cow size, a 1500 pound cow is expected to have a 105 pound calf. 7 % of Dam body weight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bright Raven, post: 1533228, member: 27490"] While the general concept is that nutrition contributes to a higher BW, publications warn that limiting nutrition in the 3rd trimester is not recommended because it reduces the health of the calf. In general, the factors that affect BW are: 1. Sex 2. Temperature 3. Nutrition 4. Genetics 5. Size of cow 6. Uterine Horn that is the site of implantation. On cow size, a 1500 pound cow is expected to have a 105 pound calf. 7 % of Dam body weight. [/QUOTE]
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