Sheep, body condition, condition scoring, description of method. By Dr Clive Dalton In assessing a sheep’s state of health, it’s a great help to know its liveweight. But this does not tell you it’s “condition” which is basically how fat or thin (skinny) it is. A heavy sheep could be skinny and a light sheep … Read more
Cattle, farming, husbandry, body condition scoring, easy method to learn & use, implication of scoring errors, replacing body condition By Dr Clive Dalton What is Body Condition Scoring ( Condition Scoring)? What happens if you get it wrong?If you unknowingly ‘underscore’ cows by being too generous with your scores – there are a number of … Read more
Cattle, farming, husbandry, body condition scoring, easy method to learn & use, implication of scoring errors, replacing body condition Condition Scoring (CS) Dairy Cows By Dr Clive Dalton You would think that everybody in New Zealand would know how to CS a cow. Well they don’t. Let’s check the history first. History 1. CS has around … Read more