Wolf, Christopher A.; Hadrich, Joleen C.; Vandehaar, M.J. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2006
Accelerated prepubertal growth rates can lower heifer raising costs but may put heifers at risk for impaired mammary development and have been found to be detrimental decreased to milk production in the first lactation. The tradeoff between heifer raising costs and milk production loss is...