of a committee of the American Association CALCULATING REPRODUCTIVE INDICES 79 of Bovine Practitioners recommending methods for calculating several basic indices of reproductive performance on dairy farms. Indices presented are: overall reproductive performance, intensity of estrus detection, conception efficiency, pregnancy losses. reproductive culling, and reproductive efficiency in herds using a bull. Data from a hypothetical dairy herd are provided and example indices are calculated.
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