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Forty-eight hour weaning
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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 898387" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>I could see this useful in a herd that is fall-calving and you want to get them spring-calving without losing a season, but I think if you crunch numbers on calf gain from false-weaning onward, my gut would tell me that the cows would produce less milk from then on, and that would probably show up as lighter calves that fall. I know that some of my cows who can produce at 700 lb heifer will start to re-absorb the milk starting around the 3rd day of weaning (OK, so that is 210 days after calving, not 30-60)</p><p></p><p>you think that a partial weaning (calf sucking 1 or 2 times a day) would be a compromise that could yield results in a natrually-bred environment?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 898387, member: 9096"] I could see this useful in a herd that is fall-calving and you want to get them spring-calving without losing a season, but I think if you crunch numbers on calf gain from false-weaning onward, my gut would tell me that the cows would produce less milk from then on, and that would probably show up as lighter calves that fall. I know that some of my cows who can produce at 700 lb heifer will start to re-absorb the milk starting around the 3rd day of weaning (OK, so that is 210 days after calving, not 30-60) you think that a partial weaning (calf sucking 1 or 2 times a day) would be a compromise that could yield results in a natrually-bred environment? [/QUOTE]
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