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BCIA Increases
Cattle Efficiency
Blacksburg-Livestock men a raise the Virginia Beef Cattle Improvement Association (BCIA) and its influence in Increasing the productivity and feeding efficiency of the animals. Through information available from the organization’s intricate beef cattle records, owners of purebred and commercial herds are increasing calving percentages, the calf's growing rate and its weaning weight. They are also improving cattle quality through more accurate selection and culling decisions made possible by the recorded facts.
BCIA membership is open to purebred and commercial herd owners, both of whom are eligible to participate in the official program. Participation in a commercial breeders program is limited to commercial herd owners.
Assisting in the program are K. C. Williamson, C. C. Mast and other extension members of Virginia Tech’s department of animal science.
In the official program of the BCIA, membership applications include a listing of all breeding-age females and herd sires owned by the applicant. Also, members agree to enter the progeny of all bulls and all cows in their breeding herds into the program for weighing and grading as calves.
BCIA provides Calf Data Sheets on which to list pertinent data to be returned to the BCIA office.
The information, coupled with the results of weighing and grading each calf at the farm, is digested into such facts as the calfs herd number, its sire and dam herd numbers, its sex, feed code, age, weight, average daily gain, adjusted average daily gain, adjusted 205 days weight. Also evaluated is the calf’s tye score and its index.
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