Invited Review: Culling: Nomenclature, Definitions, and Recommendations

From: Journal of Dairy Science | Date: June 1, 2006| Author: Nordlund, K V; Norman, H D; Fetrow, J | Copyright information

ABSTRACT

Replacing cows on a dairy is a major cost of operation. There is a need for the industry to adopt a more standardized approach to reporting the rate at which cows exit from the dairy, and to reporting the reasons why cows are replaced and their destination as they exit the dairy. Herd turnover rate is recommended as the preferred term for characterizing the cows exiting a dairy, in preference to herd replacement rate, culling rate, or percent exiting, all of which have served ...

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