benchmarking data for beef finishing herds
Producer’s Guide to Pasture-Based Beef Finishing
... different herds in the same ...calving herds graz- ing endophyte-infected tall fescue have shown better conception rates compared to cows bred in late May and ...
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Management of bovine viral diarrhea virus in beef herds
... respondent herds in the present study indicated that they participated in communal grazing ...survey data in a previous report regarding western U.S. beef producer’s participation in some variety ...
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Evaluation of peripubertal replacement breeding animals in beef herds
... six beef commercial and seedstock ...the data gathered during the study and to manage all of the heifers within each producers’ cohort the same during the ...study. Data gathered from the producers ...
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Development of a benchmarking system for Irish beef farms using data envelopment analysis
... incentivising beef farmers and industry to seek increased whole-farm income ...a benchmarking model with potential to act as a tool to facilitate farmer-farmer and farmer-adviser group learning within ...
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Farm economic thinking and the genetic improvement of fertility in northern beef herds
... #pregnant animals that fail to return for routine measures, but not including irregular absentees. It comprises mortalities, animals whose individual identity is lost, and those that permanently relocate either of their ...
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New approaches to corn silage use in beef cattle finishing diets
... the finishing experiment. Feedlot performance data were adjusted in the analysis for different corn silage harvest DM and thus corn grain ...performance data against the amount of corn silage ...
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Aspects of bovine herpesvirus-1 infection in dairy and beef herds in the Republic of Ireland
... Irish beef herds [4] of which ...and data are not available concerning strategies used to control infection in Ireland, including vaccina- ...
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On-farm mortality, causes and risk factors in Estonian beef cow-calf herds
... of beef cattle in Estonia the 6-12 month age group are those that experience adverse climatic conditions, by experiencing the first winter period at that ...cow-calf herds have mostly used mortality risk to ...
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An on-farm investigation of beef suckler herds using an animal welfare index (AWI)
... Methods Farm selection The number of visited farms per county district ranged from 13 to 20. The Agricultural Officer (Head of Advisory Centre) of The National agriculture research and exten- sion organization (Teagasc) ...
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Evaluation of Protein Sources and Holstein Finishing Systems for Organic Beef Production and a Comparison of Single and Dual Implant Strategies in Finishing Heifers
... These data suggest that implant strategy, particularly the use of a single slow- release implant compared to a reimplant strategy, largely does not affect animal performance as long as implants providing similar ...
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Effect of floor type on the performance, physiological and behavioural responses of finishing beef steers
... In conclusion, under the conditions of the present study, there was no evidence to suggest a performance or welfare benefit in terms of physiology, dirt scores, behavior and hoof lesions to animals, whether they were ...
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Factors associated with the growing-finishing performances of swine herds: an exploratory study on serological and herd level indicators
... in herds without obvious clinical signs of PCVD and without PCV2 vac- cination of ...study, data on the technical performance as well as non-infectious factors were collected in the year prior to ...
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Effect of corn silage harvest, hybrid, and concentration on performance in growing and finishing beef cattle
... NE). On the day of shipping to the commercial abattoir, pens of steers were fed 50% of the previous day’s DM offering at regular feeding time. Pens of steers were weighed on a platform scale at 1500 h prior to being ...
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Impleinenting Biosecurity in Beef and Dairy Herds
... After an epidemic of BVD in 1993, a survey of management practices of Pennsylvania dairy produc- ers was conducted.21 The biosecurity factors considered in the survey inc[r] ...
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Artificial insemination in beef suckler herds
... Syftet med detta arbete är att undersöka för- och nackdelar med artificiell insemination och varför det inte används i samma utsträckning inom dikobesättningar som [r] ...
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Pasture Finishing Beef Opportunities in Kentucky
... for finishing with little to no reliance on alternative forages such as summer ...their beef under a certification might consider reviewing the American Grassfed Association’s (AGA) tier ...
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SAMPLE COSTS FOR FINISHING BEEF CATTLE ON GRASS
... Feeder cattle can come from several sources. A cattle producer can keep their own yearling cattle or purchase them. Different time periods through out the calendar year can affect the availability of feeder cattle and ...
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Update on Leptospira hardjo-bovis Control in Beef Herds
... Its new name is Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar Hardjo (hardjo bovis), referred to as 'hardjo-bovis'. The main reason for the widespread prevalence of hardjo-bovis is tha[r] ...
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Managing liveweight production from beef breeding herds
... to beef breeding herds we have to accept that in many cases we have failed to effectively communicate how and why producers should adopt recognised ‘best practice’ ...
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Clinical Problems Associated with Starvation in Western Beef Herds
... (2) Simple slow starvation (protein and energy deficiency) is seen far more often, particularly in cold climates during late winter and early spring months when anima[r] ...
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