Download or read book Body Condition Scoring of Beef and Dairy Animals written by Jack C. Whittier and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Body condition scoring (BCS) of cattle allows cattle producers to assess the level of fat reserves of cows during various production phases. When regularly used, this information can be used to formulate management and feeding decisions. The aim of BCS is to obtain a simple and reliable measure of the level of body reserves in live animals.