The timing of parturition in dairy cattle
- 1 October 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of Agricultural Science
- Vol. 93 (2) , 359-363
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s002185960003803x
Abstract
SUMMARY: The time of parturition was recorded for 522 Friesian cows. Calvings were evenly distributed throughout the 24 hours with no bias towards day or night calving. Cows about to enter their third or subsequent lactation, but not younger cows, showed a significantly lower incidence of calving during the hours when milking was occurring. Possible mechanisms which would account for this rinding are discussed.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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