Body Condition Scoring In Dairy Cattle - Triakoso
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Body Condition Scoring in Dairy Cattle
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Goals of Body Condition Scoring
• Early detection of potential health problems.
• Identifiy area for improved feeding management.
• Improve herd health, production, reproduction, profitability.
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Effect of Lactation Stage
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Ranges of Ideal BCS
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Side view Rear view
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Side view
• First view the pelvic area from the side.
• Check line from hooks to thurls, to the pins.
• Make a decision about the line over the thurl, this is the cut point between 3.0 or less and 3.25 or greater scores.
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Side view
• If the line forms a flattened V, then BCS ≤ 3.0
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Side view
• If the line forms cressted or flattened U consider BCS ≥ 3.25
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Rear view
• If sacral and tailhead ligaments visible BCS = 3.25
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Rear View
• If sacral ligament and tailhead ligament barely visible BCS = 3.50
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Rear view
• If sacral ligament barely visible and tailhead ligament not visible BCS = 3.75
• If sacral and tailhead ligaments not visible BCS = 4.00
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Rear view
• If hooks rounded BCS = 3.00
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Rear view
• If hooks angular BCS < 2.75
• Check pins. If pins padded BCS = 2.75
• If no fat on pins BCS < 2.50
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Rear view
• View the short ribs. Look for corrugation along the top of the short ribs as fat covering dissapears.
• If corrugation visible ½ way between tip and spine of short ribs BCS = 2.25
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Rear view
• If corrugation way from tip to spine BCS = 2.0
• If thurl prominent and saw toothed spine BCS < 2.0
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Rear view
• If thurl flat BCS < 4.0
• If tip of short ribs barely visible BCS = 4.25
• If thurl flat and pins burried BCS = 4.5
• If hooks barely visible BCS = 4.75
• If all boney prominent well rounded BCS = 5.0
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Excercise
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