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Weanling usually refers to a horse, though can be used with any livestock. [1] Weaner is more commonly used for a weaned lamb, calf or pig. [2] A super weaner is an exceptionally large elephant seal which has been nursing from more than one lactating female and weighs considerably more than its peers at weaning age. [3]
Bobby calves are young calves which are to be slaughtered for human consumption. [1] A vealer is a calf weighing less than about 330 kg (730 lb) which is at about eight to nine months of age. [2] A young female calf from birth until she has had a calf of her own is called a heifer [3] (/ ˈ h ɛ f ər /).
The United States grades feeder cattle that have not reached an age of 36 months on three factors: frame size, thickness, and thriftiness. [7]Frame size evaluates feeder cattle' height and body length as determined by their skeletal size in relation with their age; frame size affects the animals' mature size and weight gain composition as they are fed into fed cattle.
Creep feeding is a method of supplementing the diet of young livestock, primarily in beef calves, by offering feed to animals who are still nursing. [1] Creep feed is sometimes offered to swine, [2] and it is possible with companion grazing animals such as sheep and goats. [1]
A cow calf operation is a method of rearing beef cattle in which a permanent herd of cows is kept by a farmer or rancher to produce calves for later sale. Cow–calf operations are one of the key aspects of the beef industry in the United States and many other countries. [1] In the British Isles, a cow–calf operation may be known as a single ...
Backgrounding is an intermediate stage sometimes used in cattle production which begins after weaning and ends upon placement in a feedlot.Background feeding relies more heavily on forage (e.g., pasture, hay) in combination with grains to increase a calf's weight by several hundred pounds and to build up immunity to diseases before putting them in a feedlot in preparation for slaughter.
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