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Growth and carcass merit of purebred Jersey steer calves finished on grain-based diets at two different energy levels

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Tschida, Garrett L.

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Purebred Jersey steers are often overlooked for beef production due to the perceived poor growth and production. Currently dairy persons marketing their steer offspring are receiving minimal compensation due to lack of demand by beef feeders and a saturated veal market. Twenty purebred Jersey steers were used to evaluate lifetime...

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in helping get equipment functioning, data collection, feeding cattle and assistance to make this
Influence of supplement composition on utilization of low-quality, cool-season forages by beef cattle

Creator:

McGuire, Dustin L.

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Two studies were conducted to evaluate the influence of supplement composition on intake and digestibility of a low-quality (< 6% CP), cool-season forage, as well as cow performance. Treatments included a non-supplemented control (CON), corn (approximately 8% CP), corn and urea (LU = corn + 0.09 mg/kg BW urea, approximately...

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-quality roughages to their cattle during the winter feeding period, corresponding to late gestation for
Creep-feeding to stimulate metabolic imprinting in nursing beef heifers : impacts on heifer growth, reproductive, and physiological parameters

Creator:

De Meireles Reis, Maria

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The following experiment presented herein compared growth, physiological, and reproductive responses of beef heifers with (MI) or without (CON) access to a creep-feeder, as a manner to stimulate metabolic imprinting while nursing their dams. On d 0 of the experiment, 60 Angus × Hereford heifers were ranked by initial BW...

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pairs and their dams were maintained in an adjacent single drylot pen. From d 52 to 111, cattle from

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Growth and carcass merit of purebred Jersey steer calves finished on grain-based diets at two different energy levels

Influence of supplement composition on utilization of low-quality, cool-season forages by beef cattle

Creep-feeding to stimulate metabolic imprinting in nursing beef heifers : impacts on heifer growth, reproductive, and physiological parameters

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