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

Creator:

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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Masters Thesis

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0.748 kg/ d and a relative growth rate of 0.305%/ d (Gilbert et al., 1993). Feed efficiency is an
Influence of previous cattle and elk grazing on the subsequent diet quality and nutrient intake rate of cattle, deer, and elk grazing late-summer mixed-conifer rangelands

Creator:

Damiran, Daalkhaijav

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Four studies were conducted on late-summer diet quality and quantity of cattle (Bos taurus), mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus), and elk (Cervus elaphus) in response to prior grazing by cattle and elk on mixed-conifer rangelands and on related research techniques. In our first study we assessed a photographic technique to...

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Dissertation

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assessed a photographic technique to estimate shrub browse yield and utilization. Our results indicate