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Avoiding Calving Problems
(1998-03-12)
Calving difficulty, or dystocia, is influenced largely by genetics and the age of the dam. The main cause of calving problems is heavy birthweight. Solutions include selecting the right bull and mating it to properly ...
Water Quality: Its Relationship to Livestock
(1998-06-30)
Safe supplies of water are essential for livestock. This publication discusses the common causes of unsafe water and lists concentrations of various elements that would make water hazardous for livestock consumption.
Implanting Beef Calves and Stocker Cattle
(1998-04-24)
Implanting beef calves offers one of the highest benefit-to-cost ratios of all the management practices available to cow/calf and stocker cattle producers. This publication offers advice on implant administration.
Sorghum Ergot: New Disease Threat to the Sorghum Industry
(1998-07-20)
Sorghum ergot is caused by a fungus that infects the ovaries of sorghum flowers, converting each into a white fungal mass. First discovered in Texas in March 1997, the fungus can produce large amounts of honeydew that ...
Care Labels and Your Clothes (Spanish)
(1998-05-13)
This publication explains the care symbols that must appear on all clothing. These labels indicate proper care methods--washing, drying, bleaching, drying, ironing and dry cleaning. If clothes are damaged when specified ...
Texas Taxes...A Fact Book
(1998-04-23)
This publication presents basic information about Texas' current public revenue system, with emphasis on taxes at the state and local government levels. Each tax is evaluated for economic efficiency and competitiveness, ...
Tracking Dairy Efficiency
(1998-02-10)
It is important for dairy operators to review their overall operations regularly and look for inefficiency. Production efficiency in dairies can be improved through changes in culling practices, reproductive efficiency, ...
Reproductive Diseases in Cattle
(1998-12-03)
This publication describes prevention measures, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment options for the most common reproductive diseases in cattle: brucellosis (Bang's disease); leptospirosis; infectious bovine rhinotracheitis ...
Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis
(1998-11-30)
Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) is a complex of disease syndromes occuring throughout the United States and the other major cattle-producing areas of the world. It affects cattle and some wild ruminants. This ...
Thatch Management for Home Lawns
(1998-12-16)
Thatch is the intermingled layer of living and dead grass stems, roots, rhizomes, and stolons that develops between the lawn's live green vegetation and the soil surface. A moderate thatch layer is beneficial, but excessive ...