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Positive relationships between body weight of dairy heifers and their first-lactation and accumulated three-parity lactation production

Handcock, R. C.; Lopez-Villalobos, N.; McNaughton, L. R.; Back, P. J.; Edwards, Grant; Hickson, R. E. (Elsevier on behalf of the American Dairy Science Association and the Federation of Animal Science Societies, 2019-03-01)

This study investigated the relationships between body weight (BW) and milk production of 140,113 New Zealand dairy heifers. Heifers were classified into 5 breed groups: Holstein-Friesian, Holstein-Friesian crossbred, ...