Managing heifer reproduction for improved first lactation
Published:December 8, 2015
Summary
How heifers are managed at first breeding (1st breeding) represents a significant economic opportunity on many dairies. DairyComp305 records from four free-stall Holstein dairies in the Central Valley of California show how first breeding selection criteria impact first lactation (1st lactation) and subsequent reproductive performance. Our California Dairies 1, 2, 3, and 4 illustrate how...
Dear Mr. Gavin,
It's a very interesting topic and there is much to lern from it. Thanks for sharing it. Very recently I met Dr. Tilak Dhiman, of Diamond V from USA, in India and just today i have placed an order for the XPC to be used very first time in my farm. I have been using Yeasec and Actisef regularly, so let's see how the XPC performs at our place.
By the way, i couldnt see all the graphs illustrated in your above report, would you be kind enough to send me this complete report along with the graphs in a mail to me at -
gupta.k.rajan@gmail.com
Thnaking you in advance,
With Regards,
Rajan Gupta
Hello Gavin,
interesting data with some good comparisons & with some large data sets.
Just interested to know how you created the Survival graph of DOPN for Lact=1 (blue line) with Lact>1 (red line), how have you set that up in D Com 305?
Also is there a command to show a sum by AAFC i.e. 23 months AAFC total milk produced in Lact 1?
Thanks Patrick.