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first-lactation

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first-lactation
female livestock during their first lactation; a term reserved usually for cattle.


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amp;nbsp;   • In a smaller study of first-lactation animals with 24 Jersey-Holsteins and 17 Holsteins, the crossbred heifers had 6.
Nearly 2,300 first-lactation animals were tested: 1,283 home-raised heifers and 1,014 purchased heifers.
Push for more and calves will give less first-lactation milk, and subsequent lactations suffer too.
 
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