Researchers explore nutritional strategies to time puberty in replacement heifers

Cattle producers typically wean replacement heifers at 7 months old and raise them with limited nutritional input before their first breeding.



This managerial strategy is often associated with delayed puberty, particularly in tropically-adapted Bos indicus-influenced cattle, according to researchers.

In Texas, Bos indicus influence generally comes from Brahman genetics, but can involve the