Articles Tagged with ''bodyweight''
Shaping success: The role of fat and muscle in transition cows
Recent research efforts explore how muscle amount and mobilization impacts transition success and early lactation performance.
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Nutritional effects on the endocrine system during early gestation
Maintaining a cow’s dietary intake and quality throughout the periconceptual period has a cascading effect to improve her reproductive health and efficiency in both the short and long term.
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Gut feeling: Improved gut health in the feedlot leads to better nutrient utilization
When feedlot operators find ways to help cattle more fully absorb the nutrients they take in, the finishing period can become one of the most efficient times of those animals’ lives.
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Optimizing early-gestation nutrition in beef cattle
Supplying your herd with the right balance of calories, minerals and vitamins during breeding and early gestation can have major impacts on calf health and your operation’s overall profitability.
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Preparing for the upcoming calving season
Keeping a finger on the pulse of your cow herd’s needs in the weeks prior to calving will pay big dividends when calves start hitting the ground.
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Supplementing less-than-ideal forages
While no two ranches will have identical feed and supplementation plans, each should contain one vital component: flexibility. This will help your cow herd maintain good health, regardless of changes in forage quality.
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6 'essential' traits for improving your herd
The foundational selection criteria that helped put the Beefmaster breed on the map can be utilized in any herd to improve the bottom line.
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Consequences of overconditioning beef bulls
Feeding high-energy diets to young bulls right up to the point of breeding season can have a negative effect on breeding ability, semen quality and embryo development.
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Supplementation considerations for bulls following breeding
Keeping bulls at a good body condition in between breeding seasons helps them maintain high levels of performance year to year.
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