Phantom Quadrant presents:

Milking the Pullets: Hydraulic Belts and Enlargement of the Calves

Expanding and enhancing the capability of their design, artificial insemination with first‐trimester cows was studied. We aimed at maximizing the economic benefit of artificial insemination, and minimizing the reproductive cost for the parents. The two major products in hydraulically belted operations are fluid and gaseous livestock fluids (ilimones and carbon dioxide), as well as three type of implants. During the study, half the cows were exposed to artificial insemination and half were not (so the trial period represented both litters). First, an animal model was constructed and used to assess whether the artificial insemination is reproductively and financially beneficial to the farmer