Mike J Kerby

Synergy Farm Health, The Transmission Hall, Rampisham Business Centre, Rampisham Down, Maiden Newton, Dorset DT2 0HS

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Figure 1. Similar aged beef calves born at the beginning of a seasonal calving block to synchronised dams with fixed time artificial insemination.
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Use of artificial insemination and oestrus synchronisation in beef herds

This is an area attracting increasing interest from beef suckler producers in the UK but carries the caveat, as for dairy cows, that lower pregnancy rates are to be anticipated compared with...