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Reproductive Tract Score: A Tool for Evaluating Beef Heifer Reproductive Potential

Mario Binelli, Thiago Martins, Cecilia C. Rocha, Felipe A. C. C. Silva, João Bittar, Philipe Moriel, Angela M. Gonella-Diaza, Lauren Butler, and Cindy Sanders


Release Date: 11/11/2021

Reviewed At: 11/20/2024

DOI: 10.32473/edis-an370-2021

Agriculture

Abstract

This publication explains the RTS methodology and suggests how it can be implemented in a cow-calf operation. Written by Mario Binelli, Thiago Martins, Cecilia C. Rocha, Felipe A. C. C. Silva, João Bittar, Philipe Moriel, Angela M. Gonella-Diaza, Lauren Butler, and Cindy Sanders, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Animal Sciences, October 2021.

About this Publication

This document is AN370, one of a series of the Department of Animal Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date October 2021. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Mario Binelli, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Animal Sciences; Thiago Martins, DVM, PhD, postdoctoral fellow, Department of Animal Sciences; Cecilia C. Rocha, DVM, Department of Animal Sciences; Felipe A. C. C. Silva, DVM, Department of Animal Sciences; João Bittar, DVM, MS, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, UF College of Veterinary Medicine; Philipe Moriel, PhD, associate professor, UF/IFAS Range Cattle Research and Education Center, Ona, FL; Angela M. Gonella-Diaza, DVM, MSc, PhD, assistant professor, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center, Marianna, FL; Lauren Butler, MS, county Extension director, UF/IFAS Extension Okeechobee County; and Cindy Sanders, PhD, county Extension director, UF/IFAS Extension Alachua County; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Binelli, M., Martins, T., Rocha, C. C., Silva, F. A. C. C., Bittar, J., Moriel, P., Gonella-Diaza, A., Butler, L., & Sanders, C. (2021). Reproductive Tract Score: A Tool for Evaluating Beef Heifer Reproductive Potential. EDIS, 2021(6). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-an370-2021

Authors

Mario Binelli
Mario Binelli
Specialist
University of Florida

associate professor, reproductive physiology, Department of Animal Sciences

Thiago Martins
Thiago Martins
staff
University of Florida

research scholar, UF/IFAS Department of Animals Sciences, Gainesville, FL

Felipe A. C. C.  Silva
Felipe A. C. C. Silva

assistant professor and beef extension specialist, Department of Animal Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

João Bittar
João Bittar
Specialist
University of Florida

assistant professor and beef cattle Extension specialist, DVM, MSc., PhD, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, UF College of Veterinary Medicine

Philipe Moriel
Philipe Moriel
Specialist
University of Florida

associate professor, Department of Animal Sciences, UF/IFAS Range Cattle Research and Education Center

Angela Gonella-Diaza
Angela Gonella-Diaza
Specialist
University of Florida

assistant professor, DVM, MSc., Ph.D., reproductive physiology, Department of Animal Sciences, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center, Marianna, FL

Lauren Butler
Lauren Butler
County agent
University of Florida

county Extension director and Extension agent III, M.S., agriculture/livestock, UF/IFAS Extension Okeechobee County

Cindy Sanders
Cindy Sanders
County agent
University of Florida

director of county logistics, UF/IFAS Extension Administration, Gainesville, FL

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