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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"body condition score (BCS)"”.
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The Effect of Exercise on Lactating Sow Performance
… determine the effect of light, daily exercise on body condition score (BCS), soundness (SS), injury (IS), lesions (LS) weaning wt (WW), and back fat (BF) of lactating sows housed in farrowing crates. A total of 24 sows were used in four trials. Body weight (BW), BF, BCS, SS, IS, and LS were …
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Relationships among lifetime measures of growth and frame size for commercial beef females in a pasture-based production system in the Appalachian region of the United States
… relationships among lifetime measures of body weight (BW) and frame score (FS) in commercial beef females, and to assess the value of immature measures as predictors of mature cow size. Measurements of BW, hip height (HH), body condition score (BCS), and calculated FS were recorded at …
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Laidunkauden vaikutus hevosten insuliiniaineenvaihduntaan
… Lisäksi hevosille tehtiin kuntoluokitus (Body condition score, BCS) ja niiden kaulan paksuus arvioitiin (Cresty neck score, CNS). Hevosista osa oli testien välisen ajan sisäruokinnassa ja osa vaihtelevan ajan laitumella. Tilastollisessa analyysissä vertailtiin OST:n tuloksia kesä- ja …
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Subdermal Fat Determined by Ultrasound and Electrical Conductivity, and Its Relationship to Body Condition Score of Dairy Cows
Body condition score (BCS), a very useful field tool for estimation of changes in body tissue reserves is time consuming and subjective. The relationship between body condition score and subdermal fat (SFAT) was determined biweekly as potential for development of a low cost, portable digital …
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Determining the Nutritional Status of Mature Beef Cows
… FNIR-NutBalPro and FOR-NRC systems. Initial BW, body condition score (BCS), hip height and breed were used to establish cow biotypes for prediction programs. Every 28 d, cow BW and BCS were measured and forage and fecal samples collected. Weather data, cow status and FOR or FNIR results were …
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Effects of Energy Balance on Ovarian Activity and Recovered Oocytes in Holstein Cows Using Transvaginal Follicular Aspiration
… (LE-1.52 mcal/kg; n= 5 in fall, n=4 in spring). Body weight and body condition score (BCS) were recorded prior to parturition and weekly throughout the fall trial. Ultrasound guided transvaginal follicular aspirations were conducted twice weekly between d 30 and 100 of lactation. Follicle size …
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Effects of housing cow-calf pairs on drylot or pasture on cow performance and reproduction as well as calf performance and behavior through feedlot receiving
… spring-calving cows were stratified by age, body weight (BW), body condition score (BCS), and calf sex and allotted to six groups/yr. Groups were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 treatments: DL or PAST. Cows in DL were limit-fed at maintenance and calves had ad libitum access to the cow diet in an …
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Use of Triptorelin Acetate for Inducing Ovulation and Facilitating Fixed Time Artificial Insemination of Sows Weaned on Small-Scale and Niche Market Pig Farms
… A total of 96 sows (parity, 3.5 ± 0.2; body condition score (BCS), 2.5 ± 0.07) were weaned (h 0) after a 24.8 ± 0.6 d lactation on five participating small swine farms and allocated to one of four treatment groups: 1) TRT1: (n = 24) OvuGel applied intravaginally at h 96 and AI at h 120; …
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Influence of Weight Loss on Metabolic and Mitochondrial Function in the Mature Horse
… stimuli, impacting tissue and whole body oxidant status. We hypothesized that 8 light-type horses would display improvements in skeletal muscle mitochondrial subpopulation function and decreases in circulating oxidant status markers during weight loss from an obese (7 to 8) to …
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Factors influencing cow performance and intake
… for the lactating periods. BW, Hip height, body condition score (BCS, 1-9 scale), and backfat via ultrasound were measured. No differences (P > 0.05) were noted in the 60 and 120 d postpartum cow measurements, but calf BW did differ (P < 0.05) with male calves being heaver. At 180 d …
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Supplementation of Chromium Propionate Positively Impacts Reproductive Performance of Beef Females
… cows were stratified by predicted calving date, body weight (BW) and randomly assigned to one of two treatments: 1) CON, (n=30) supplementation of corn gluten, soy hull pellet feed (50:50) with a mineral pack at 1 kg -1hd-1d; or 2) TRT, (n=32) supplementation at 1 kg -1hd-1d of corn gluten, soy …
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Effects of nutrition, disease, and body condition score during the transition period on dairy cattle liver gene expression
… metabolic dis-comforts and optimal calving BCS are major challenges for future advances in dairy cow management. The current research conducted five different studies to investigate the effects of nutrition, infection, disease and different calving BCS on cows’ hepatic transcriptomes and …
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The Effects of a Blend of Essential Oils on Rumen Efficiency of Lactating Dairy Cows
… block design (RCBD), where cows were blocked by body weight (BW) and body condition score (BCS). All cows were fed 28g/hd/d of SS throughout the trial. The experiment included 14 d of dietary adaptation and 28 d of data collection. A tendency for higher pellet intake was observed for the LS …
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Evaluation of Swath Grazing Simple and Complex Polycrop Mixtures on Forage Biomass and Quality, Beef Cow Performance and Enteric Methane Emissions, System Economics and Soil Health Characteristics
… beef cows (n = 90; BW = 607.2 ± 32.3 kg; BCS = 2.9 ± 0.06) blocked by body weight were randomly allocated to 1 of 9 paddocks (10 cows/paddock). Paddocks were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 replicated (n = 3) systems. Cow body condition score (BCS) was measured at start (SOT) and end (EOT) of …
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Effects of supplementing beef cows grazing forages with wheat-based dried distillers’ grains with solubles on animal performance, forage intake & rumen metabolism
… cows (mean BW±SD; 598.2±4.2 kg) stratified by body weight (BW) and days pregnant were allocated randomly to one of three replicated (n=2) treatments. Cows were managed on stockpiled crested wheatgrass pasture (TDN=49.0, CP=7.3 (% DM)) in experiment one (EXP 1) and barley straw-chaff residue …
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Endocannabinoid and lipid metabolism genes network analysis in adipose and liver tissue of dairy cows during the transition period
… on transition cows to evaluate the 1) effects of body condition score (BCS) on the endocannabinoid system and lipid metabolism gene expression in adipose tissue; and 2) effects of rumen-protected methionine on the endocannabinoid system in liver tissue. In the first study, cows were …
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Nutritional modulation of the transcriptome in adipose, liver, and polymorphonuclear leukocytes in peripartal dairy cows
… dairy cows in order to 1) determine effects of body condition score (BCS) on adipose gene expression, or supplemental rumen-protected methionine on liver and polymorphonuclear (PMNL) gene expression of fatty acid-sensing G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), and 2) evaluate the effect of …
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Microrna involvement in hepatic adaption during the periparturient period in Holstein dairy cows
… dairy cows supplemented methionine and 2) how body condition score (BCS) in late pregnancy impacts hepatic biomarkers involved in energy metabolism. Previous in silico work relevant to fatty liver disease and ketosis revealed miRNAs may play a role in variety of important biological pathways …
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Nutrition and management considerations for bulls and breeding females
… the effect of heifer development system on body weight (BW), body condition score (BCS), fescue toxicosis symptoms, reproductive performance, and subsequent calf growth of fall-calving beef heifers. Angus × Simmental heifers [n = 399; 240 ± 20.0 kg initial BW; age = 252 ± 20 d] were …
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Influence of body weight gain on insulin regulation, adipose tissue inflammation and lipid metabolism in equines
… adjusted accordingly. During hypercaloric diet body weight (BW), body condition score (BCS) and cresty neck score (CNS) were assessed weekly. Before and after one and two year(s) of hypercaloric diet a combined glucose insulin test (CGIT) was performed and blood and AT samples (abdominal AT: …
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