Pregnancy testing can save dollars and resources

摘要

Aproductive cow herd comes from effective nutrition and health programs, good genetics and rigorous culling. Pregnancy testing is a way to determine if a cow needs to be culled and it is an evaluation tool of ranch management. It can also help a cow-calf producer get to that potentially profitable 90 percent calving rate. "Pregnancy testing should not be considered until other good management practices are in place," says Dr. Mike Wirtz. "Profitable calving percentages begin with breeding soundness exams (BSE) on all bulls each year before turning them in with the cows.