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Puberty development and reproductive performance in beef heifers fed rations supplemented with Oregon by-product feeds

Creator:

Oswald, Keely E.

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In the majority of management scenarios, it is imperative that beef replacement heifers calve at two years of age. In order to achieve this goal, yearling heifers should reach 60 to 65% of their mature body weight by 13 months of age. Feed costs represent 75 to 80% of the...

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Masters Thesis

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estrus were inseminated 12 h after onset with one straw of frozen semen. Heifers not displaying estrus
Effects of forage quality and type of protein supplement on intake and digestibility in beef steers and performance of postpartum beef cows

Creator:

White, Jenny J.

Abstract:

Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of forage quality and supplemental undegradable intake protein (UIP) level on intake, digestibility, and performance of beef cattle. In Exp. 1, five ruminally cannulated steers (BW = 456 ± 6 kg) were used in a 6 x 5 incomplete Latin square with...

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Masters Thesis

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