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When does the lactation period start in cows and when does it end?
For beef and dairy cows, lactation period begins immediately after a calf is born. For beef cows, the lactation period ends when their calves are weaned off of them. For a dairy cow, the lactation period ends when she is not longer being milked and allowed to dry up so that she can focus on putting energy into growing the calf inside her. The dry period for a dairy cow is shorter than a beef cow's: two months for a dairy cow, and four to five months for a beef cow.
What are dairy bulls used for other than breeding more milk cows?
Beef.
Which industry is an example for cattle breeding?
The dairy industry and the beef cow-calf industry.
What kind of cows are in feedlots?
All kinds, actually. Beef and dairy cows, beef steers and heifers, beef and dairy bulls (young and old), and freemartin heifers of either dairy or beef breeding. Primarily, though, beef steers, young bulls (on occasion, though), and beef heifers unsuited for the breeding herd due to factors like temperament, comformation, size/weight, mothering ability, etc., are in feedlots on a "finishing" ration for three to four months prior to slaughter.
What are the two industries centering around cattle?
Beef and dairy.
Is a Jersey cow beef or dairy beef?
Dairy
What do you mean by per lactation in cow?
"Per lactation" refers to each period that a cow is producing milk. The majority of cows lactate for 6 to 10 months of the year, depending on the type of cow (beef versus dairy) and how long a producer wants her to be lactating for.
What cow that are crossbred are used for?
Beef or dairy production. Crossbred cows are used, just like any "normal" cow, as breeding stock. Crossbred calves, especially those beef ones, are commonly raised for beef.
What happens to a young bull from a dairy heard?
A young bull might either be kept for breeding purposes if he comes from a line with good to great genetics, sold as a breeding bull to other dairy farms, or castrated and fed until slaughter. Some younger bull calves are slaughtered as veal or baby beef, but most are raised in feedlots or stocker operations for beef.
What is the meaning of a beef sire?
A beef sire is a bull that is used for breeding beef cows to produce calves. A sire is a male that has offspring of his own, thus a beef sire is a beef bull that sires calves. The bull is a beef-type bull, which is much more muscular and larger than a dairy bull or dairy sire. Beef breeds include Angus, Charolais, Hereford, Maine Anjou, Shorthorn, Texas Longhorn, Brahman, Limousin, Braford, etc.
What makes more profit beef or dairy?
Dairy.
What defines a cows milking period?
Lactation is a term for the time period that a cow, or any other female mammal, is able to produce milk. What defines such a period is by seeing how tight and swollen the udder is on that cow. If the udder looks tight and swollen and all four teats look full, then she is obviously in her lactation period. This goes for all types of cows, beef and dairy alike.
