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Abhishek Paul
Ph.D. Research Scholars, Livestock Production Management, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal (Haryana)
Suresh Kumar
Ph.D. Research Scholars, Livestock Production Management, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal (Haryana)
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Santu Mondal
Ph.D., Scholar, LPM Section, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal (Haryana)
Ramesh Chandra
Senior Scientist, Livestock Production Management, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal (Haryana)

ABSTRACT

The main reasons that discourage the use of traditional BCS estimation techniques are the lack of computerized reports, its subjectivity in the judgment, observational variations and time consuming on farm training of technicians. Moreover, measurement on a cow must be collected every 30 days interval throughout the lactation period to have valuable information for use in selection indices. However, an automated BCS largely diminishes the need for labor, time and training, be less stressful for the animals, increase accuracy and could provide large volumes of data for use in genetic evaluation.
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