The phrase "a suckler" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to breastfeeding or animals that nurse their young.
Example: "The mother cow is a suckler, providing nourishment to her calf."
Alternatives: "a nursing mother" or "a breastfeeding parent".
We move aside to allow a suckler herd and bull pass, and then comes tea at Zennor.
A dynamic, deterministic, economic simulation model was developed to estimate the costs and benefits of controlling Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (Johne's disease) in a suckler beef herd.
A suckler herd on pasture was rated as the best for calf welfare.
In the current study, when the herd was a dairy herd rather than a suckler herd, the rate of seroconversion in adults was greater.
Profitability of a suckler herd is directly related to the number of calves reared per cow or heifer served annually, hence the economic consequences of such a high barren rate alone would have been significant, let alone the costs associated with the diagnosis and management of the problem, emphasising the importance of effective herd biosecurity.
This study shows that the introduction of Cfvi to a beef suckler herd with a group of purchased heifers resulted in 36 of 72 (50%) heifers and cows in 3 groups being barren before the diagnosis was confirmed and preventive management instigated, compared to a target barren rate for this system of 6% [ 25].
In this paper we highlight difficulties in diagnosing bovine venereal campylobacteriosis and demonstrate the benefits of good record keeping when investigating poor reproductive performance in a beef suckler herd and establishing a herd-specific approach to bio-containment of the infectious cause.
In September 2012 high barren rates prompted an investigation into the cause of the subfertility in a beef suckler herd in south-east Scotland.
This novel approach to the control of bovine venereal campylobacteriosis in a beef suckler herd involved culling of heifers and cows that were scanned barren and total segregation of potentially infected and Cfvi-free animals.
Indeed, in all the systems considered, the major SBV cost for a beef suckler farm is associated with the losses due to steers and heifers that could not be sold because of the disease.
The net SBV economic cost of SBV (in €/cow/year) for an average French beef suckler farm was estimated at 30.7€ and 15.3€ for Charolais_Calving farms, 30.1€ and 14.5€ for Limousin_Calving farms, 31.9€ and 15.4€ for Blonde_Calving farms, 26.9€ and 13.5€ for Salers_Calving farms, and 42.5€ and 21.6€ for Charolais_Fattening, for the high and low impact scenario, respectively (Table 1).
