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- Title
Effect of stair-step nutritional programming on ovarian development in replacement beef heifers.
- Authors
Rosasco, Shelby L; Melchior, Emily A; Cox, Shad H; Dunlap, Richard L; Gifford, Jennifer A Hernandez; Scholljegerdes, Eric J; Cushman, Robert A; Summers, Adam F
- Abstract
The article investigates the development of beef heifers grazing native range or in a drylot and fed to target a stair-step or constant body weight (BW) gain. Topics discussed include activation of primordial follicles, size of the ovarian reserve in beef heifers, and morphometric analysis of ovaries.
- Subjects
HEIFERS; BEEF cattle; CATTLE feeding &; feeds; OVARIES; GRAZING; BODY weight
- Publication
Translational Animal Science, 2020, Vol 4, pS32
- ISSN
2573-2102
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/tas/txaa092