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, )One of the first priorities for proper management of range resources is balancing animal numbers with forage supply. A balance between stocking rate and range utilization is necessary for the effective conversion of range ...
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(AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )If you’re going to show a steer or beef heifer, you need to consider some basic points, in addition to the quality of the animal.
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(AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )When establishing a vaccination program it is important to understand how animals naturally protect themselves from infection and how vaccination and other management practices enhance that protection
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(AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )Relative to foods, eating habits and US consumer preferences, the spectrum is perhaps broader today than it has ever been. And to meet this array of preferences, the beef industry must offer traditional, natural, grassfed ...
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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 ...