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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Keywords

Dairy cattle, Calves, Animal husbandry

Disciplines

Dairy Science | Other Nutrition

First Page Number

523

Last Page Number

530

ISSN

0021-8618

Abstract

ON Western Australian dairy farms the wastage rate of dairy cows is probably more than 20 per cent, and this, coupled with the tendency towards bigger herds, means that well over half of the heifer calves born should be reared for herd replacements.

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