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This Calving Season Just Plain Sux....
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<blockquote data-quote="inyati13" data-source="post: 996635" data-attributes="member: 17767"><p>dun, -first, I understand you know this but I am forming my point- I have been building my herd with what are called "state cerified bred heifers" here in KY. It is the criteria they use for getting approval of cost share money to buy bred heifers in which case the state will fund up to 75% of the cost in some counties like Robertson where my farm is located. The heifer must be 150 square centimeters based on a two dimension pelvic measurement. The vet has a tool that he takes two readings with, height and breadth. Then he uses that data to arrive at the area of the pelvic canal. I had the vet measure a heifer I raised. She measured 137 at 9 months. The vet said I want her to be a minimum of 150 at 12 months or at the time of breeding. The point is this, all of the bred heifers I have purchased have met these requirements and I have not had any calving problems, knock on wood. The pelvic score is data that has valve in real finite terms. If I am incorrect on how the measurement is taken and scored someone jump on me with both feet. I watched the vet do my heifer. I would like to own one of the devices but the simple gadget (not a calipers or a mike but like the other measuring tool that you measure between two points that is made like a compass, can't think of what they are called, you know what I mean) costs over $200.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="inyati13, post: 996635, member: 17767"] dun, -first, I understand you know this but I am forming my point- I have been building my herd with what are called "state cerified bred heifers" here in KY. It is the criteria they use for getting approval of cost share money to buy bred heifers in which case the state will fund up to 75% of the cost in some counties like Robertson where my farm is located. The heifer must be 150 square centimeters based on a two dimension pelvic measurement. The vet has a tool that he takes two readings with, height and breadth. Then he uses that data to arrive at the area of the pelvic canal. I had the vet measure a heifer I raised. She measured 137 at 9 months. The vet said I want her to be a minimum of 150 at 12 months or at the time of breeding. The point is this, all of the bred heifers I have purchased have met these requirements and I have not had any calving problems, knock on wood. The pelvic score is data that has valve in real finite terms. If I am incorrect on how the measurement is taken and scored someone jump on me with both feet. I watched the vet do my heifer. I would like to own one of the devices but the simple gadget (not a calipers or a mike but like the other measuring tool that you measure between two points that is made like a compass, can't think of what they are called, you know what I mean) costs over $200. [/QUOTE]
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