Browsing Beef Cattle Resources (Animal Science/AgriLife Extension Services) by Title
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(AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )Ever-tightening profit margins and recurring cyclical downturns in cattle and calf markets have forced many cattle producers to search for ways to make their operations more profitable. Of course, cutting the costs of ...
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(AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )This study was conducted at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station in Bushland during the summers of 1999 and 2000. Performance of stocker cattle grazing either Seed Resources BMR 200 (brown-midrib sorghum x sudan hybrid) ...
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(AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )For beef cattle, biosecurity involves a system of management practices that prevent diseases from infecting a herd. Although biosecurity is often associated with foreign animal diseases, the term also applies to common ...
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(AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )The Clostridial diseases are a group of mostly fatal infections caused by bacteria belonging to the group called Clostridia. These organisms have the ability to form protective shell-like forms called spores when exposed ...
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(AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )Powerpoint presentation
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(AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )A BCS of 5 or more (at least 14 percent body fat) at calving and through breeding is required for good reproductive performance. Over-stocking pastures is a common cause of poor body condition and reproductive failure. ...
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(AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )Pregnancy rates are highly variable in beef herds and are influenced by many factors including nutrition. Low pregnancy rates are caused by improper nutrition in 90 or more cases.
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(AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )Bovine trichomoniasis (Trich) is a venereal disease of cattle caused by the protozoan Tritrichomonas foetus. This disease causes early pregnancy loss and occasional late-term abortions; it may also extend the breeding/calving ...
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(AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )CALCULATING BREAK-EVEN COSTS of production can help cow/calf producers make better management decisions for the current year or for the near future.
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(AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )The importance of the bull in a cattle breeding program often is underestimated. A cow is responsible for half the genetic material in only one calf each year, while the bull is responsible for half the genetic material ...
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(AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )It is often said that a bull contributes half the production in a calf crop. This may be true for an average bull, but probably exaggerates contributions from a poor quality bull and dramatically underestimates those from ...
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(AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )Should beef cattle producers raise replacement heifers, or buy them? Many pieces of paper have been scribbled on by producers trying to find the right answer. The problem is that no one answer is right for all producers. ...