Editing Talk:Weaning Weight (section)

== Why 205 days? ==

As a graduate student, we are required to critically think about the main topics of our lectures. However, the question posed in class was "Why did the BIF select 205 days for adjusted weaning weight?". This question is hard to research since all the information I find is just stating that the number SHOULD be 205 days, but not WHY it is 205 days. Mathematically, the range for weaning in months is 5-10 months, but the average is 7 months: 210 days (7X30=210). Please clear this up for the whole class. [[Special:Contributions/130.18.245.103|130.18.245.103]] 16:24, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

:I think this is the paper, done using the Fort Robinson cattle, responsible for using 205 days (thanks Scott Newman).  There may be a slightly earlier publication.  What's important is that there's a standard, not what the number of days is, as long as it is reasonable.  Also, 205 days means that post-weaning gain is 160 days. https://academic.oup.com/jas/article-abstract/39/3/449/4667730?login=false [[User:Bgolden|Bruce L. Golden]] ([[User talk:Bgolden|talk]]) 12:17, 1 October 2024 (UTC)