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Cow-Calf Producer Interest in Retained Ownership [PDF]

The beef industry’s share of domestic meat demand continues to decline, as increasing vertical coordination in pork and poultry contribute to these industries’ ability to offer convenient, consistent, and less expensive products.
Franken, Jason R.V., Poock, Scott, Patterson, David J., Smith, Michael F., Parcell, Joseph L.   +4 more
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Bovine astrovirus infection in feedlot cattle with neurological disease in western Canada. [PDF]

, 2017
A novel bovine astrovirus (BoAstV CH13/NeuroS1) has been associated with encephalitis in cattle in Europe and the USA. We retrospectively analyzed feedlot cattle with encephalitis of unknown etiology for this virus byhybridization.
Seuberlich, Torsten, Sanchez, Sergio, Clark, Edward G, Philibert, Hélène, Selimovic-Hamza, Senija   +4 more
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Production Inefficiency in Fed Cattle Marketing and the Value of Sorting Pens into Alternative Marketing Groups Using Ultrasound Technology [PDF]

The cattle industry batch markets animals in pens. Because of this, animals within any one pen can be both underfed and overfed. Thus, there is a production inefficiency associated with batch marketing.
Koontz, Stephen R., Hoag, Dana L., Walker, Jodine L., Brethour, John R.   +3 more
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STEER AND HEIFER PRICE DIFFERENCES IN THE LIVE CATTLE AND CARCASS MARKETS [PDF]

A dynamic model is used to estimate quarterly price differences between steers and heifers in the feeder, slaughter, and carcass markets. For cattle within the same weight and grade range, their price differences are hypothesized to be influenced by ...
Marsh, John M., Schultz, Robert W.
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Divergent Gut Microbiota Configurations Are Associated with Contrasting Physiological Profiles in Grazing Yaks and Introduced Feedlot Holstein Cattle Under High-Altitude Conditions

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The Qinghai–Tibet Plateau presents extreme environmental challenges, including hypobaric hypoxia and nutritional scarcity, to which indigenous yaks (Bos grunniens) are remarkably adapted, whereas introduced Holstein cattle (Bos taurus) often exhibit ...
Ding Li, Haozheng Li, Shu Zhang, Tong Wu, Dongyang Ye, Yaping Jin   +5 more
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Quality Risk and Profitability in Cattle Production: A Multivariate Approach [PDF]

This study evaluates quality, production, and price risk within the context of overall profit variability in fed cattle production. The approach used offers a flexible way to estimate a large system of equations with more than three jointly related ...
Goodwin, Barry K., Schroeder, Ted C., Belasco, Eric J.   +2 more
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Optimal Contracting for Cattle Feeding: An Assessment of Climatic Conditions [PDF]

A unique approach using a biophysical growth model from the animal science literature is used to examine optimal contract cattle feeding behavior under alternative climatic conditions.
Rahman, Shaikh Mahfuzur
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Attributes Preferred and Premiums Offered for Naturally Produced Beef Cattle [PDF]

A growing number of beef cattle producers in the US are using limited information to determine whether or not it would be economical for them to grow naturally produced cattle.
Alkire, Deke O., Biermacher, Jon T., Grooms, Brandon, Childs, M. Dan, Springer, Job D.   +4 more
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Economic Analysis of a Traveling Gun for Feedyard Dust Suppression [PDF]

Dust created in feedyards can adversely affect cattle performance. Dust suppression can be accomplished by moistening pen surfaces with traveling gun(s) sprinklers, solid-set sprinklers, and water trucks.
Amosson, Stephen H., Almas, Lal K., Bretz, Fran E., New, Leon L.   +3 more
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Derived Demand for Cattle Feeding Inputs [PDF]

Derived demand relationships among four weight categories of feeder cattle entering Texas feedlots and their feed consumed are examined using a generalized McFadden dual cost function.
Mathews, Kenneth H., Jr., Jones, Keithly G., Arnade, Carlos A.   +2 more
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