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Determinants of Feedlot Cattle Death Loss Rates
Death loss in feedlot cattle can have significant impacts on feedlot profitability. Not only does death loss result in foregone revenue, but the operation still incurs the costs to date associated with those animals.
Raper, Kellie Curry +7 more
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This study compared the environmental impact of conventional, natural and grass-fed beef production systems. A deterministic model based on the metabolism and nutrient requirements of the beef population was used to quantify resource inputs and waste ...
Judith L. Capper
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O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar animais inteiros ou castrados aos oito meses, de diferentes sistemas de acasalamento (SA): de raça definida (D), cruzados da primeira (G1) e da segunda (G2) geração, e de diferentes grupos genéticos (GG) em cada SA ...
Lígia Pigatto Pereira +5 more
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Use of probiotic lactobacilli as alternative to monensin in beef feedlot cattle
In an effort to substitute antibiotics in high-energy diets fed to feedlot cattle, probiotics have emerged as a viable alternative. In this study, increase of animals body weight (BW) and average daily gain (ADG) were used as indicators of ...
Flavia Ivana Mansilla +6 more
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The performance of market advisory services in feedlot margins over 1995-2004
The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate the pricing performance of market advisory services’ live cattle hedging recommendations over 1995-2004. Also, feeder cattle, corn, and soybean meal recommendations were evaluated as input hedges and combined ...
Brandenberger, Tracy L.
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This study investigated live animal performance and carcass characteristics of Australian prime lambs fed oil based polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) enriched pellets in a feedlot system.
Hung V. Le +5 more
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Fattening cattle on corn on a typical Nebraska feedlot
A large number of cattle eating grain to fatten them on a ...
The Nebraska Cattleman Magazine
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of the energy restriction of gestation of adult ewes from day 45 to day 115 on lamb live performance parameters, carcass and meat traits. In experiment I, dietary energy was restricted at 70% of the
L. Piaggio +8 more
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Nitrous oxide fluxes from a commercial beef cattle feedlot in Kansas [PDF]
Emission of greenhouse gases, including nitrous oxide (N₂O), from open beef cattle feedlots is becoming an environmental concern; however, research measuring emission rates of N₂O from open beef cattle feedlots has been limited.
Charles W. Rice +12 more
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