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| | VARGAS ET AL., December 1999 |
 | | Based on hip height at 18 mo of age, heifers were assigned to three FS groups: small (115 to 126 cm), medium (127 to 133 cm), or large (134 to 145 cm). |
 | | Small and medium FS females reached puberty at an earlier age, calved earlier, and had greater calving, survival, and weaning rates, as well as greater kilograms of calf produced per cow exposed than the large FS females. |
 | | As the large FS cows matured, they seemed to have overcome the negative effects imposed by FS that were observed at younger ages. |
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