Galactopoesis:
Maintenance of lactation is the result
of two processes:
Important features of cow’s lactation curve are:
• Initial milk yield
• Peak milk yield
• Length of lactation.
The persistency or shape of lactation curve is influenced by various non-genetic factors:
Beef Cattle Industry and Beef Production Systems
Chapter 9
I. Beef Cattle Industry:
Introduction:
Advantages of raising beef animals:
Disadvantages of raising beef animals:
Major segments in beef industry:
1. Purebred Producers 2. Cow-Calf Producers
3. Stocker Producers
4. Feedlot producers
II. Beef Production Systems:
The beef production system can be classified into:
I. Intensive production system:
II. Semi-intensive production system:
III. Extensive production system:
Beef cattle descriptions in the terms of age, sex, estimated carcass weight and
fatness:
1. Veal calf:
Why is veal meat light in color?
