Research
Article
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Effect
of Age at First Calving on Productive Herd Life, Longevity &
Life Time
Calf Production in Tharparkar Cattle* |
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Poonma
Ram** and S.C. Goswami*** |
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In the Present study, the effect of age
at first calving (AFC) were assessed on productive herd
life, longevity and life time calf production. The overall
means for productive herd life (days), longevity (days),
total calves born to each cow, total female calves born
to each cow, total female calves reaching milking herd
from each cow were, 1597.30+1056.47, 3341.15+1167.79,
4.37+2.71, 2.14+1.84 and 0.91+1.08, respectively. The
effect of age at first Calving was significant on longevity,
total female calves born to each cow and non significant
on productive herd life, total Calves born to each Cow
and total female Calves reaching milking herd from each
Cow.
Keywords:
Age at first calving, Longevity, Productive herd life,
and Lifetime Calf production
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