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It you are looking for information pertaining to animal reproduction, artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, culling for fertility, or maintaining your herd bulls, this section has what you are looking for.
Missed Breeding Opportunities Are Expensive
published: May 6th 2013 by: Kris Ringwald, beef specialist source: NDSU
Although spring seems to be taking a long time getting here, once it does, time will fly. In the rush, don’t forget to keep an eye on the bulls. Every time a bull fails to settle a cow in heat, the result is more than 50 pounds of unsaleable beef, which is beef that never will reach the pocketbook....
Factors affecting birth weight
published: April 5th 2013 by: Kayln Waters, Igrow
Calving difficulties ac-count for a tremendous amount of economic loss in the beef cattle industry. The highest correlated factor contributing to calving difficulties is the size and or body weight of the calf....
Synchronization Q&A’s
published: March 20th 2013 source: ABS Global
Synchronization of beef cows goes hand in hand with AI. The highly researched, proven, and improved protocols released each year from the Beef Reproduction Task Force and Beef Reproduction Leadership Team have had a highly positive influence on beef cattle AI success....
Difficult Deliveries And Rebreeding
published: February 12th 2013 by: Glenn Selk source: Oklahoma Farm Report
In addition to being the greatest cause of baby calf mortality, calving difficulty markedly reduces reproductive performance during the next breeding season. Cattle suffering from calving difficulty have been reported (Brinks, et al....
A guide to udder and teat scoring beef cows
published: February 8th 2013 by: Resource: Dr. Rick Rasby, University of
Introduction The conformation of a beef cow's teats and udder are important in a profitable cow/calf enterprise. Females with poor udder and teat conformation are a management challenge for commercial cow/calf producers....
Barometeric Pressure And Temperature Rises Lead To Calving
published: January 30th 2013 source: MyCattle.com
LITTLE ROCK – Beef cattle due in the spring are more likely to give birth when the barometer is on the rise, but warm temperatures are more likely to be a birth trigger for beef cows due in the fall, according to researchers with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture....
The science and awe of DNA
published: January 25th 2013 by: Kris Ringwall, beef specialist
One word makes a big difference! During the course of a decade, the word Mendelian was re-placed by the word Molecular. Understanding changing technology is critical to the development of cattle management plans and the subsequent review of herd progress....
The annual production cycle
published: January 25th 2013 by: Kayln Waters
There is a certain set of production standards that should be required of cows within a herd to maximize profitability of a cow/calf operation. At the top of this list is that cows must have a marketable calf every 365 days....
The Annual Production Cycle
published: December 26th 2012 by: Kayln Waters source: IGrow, South Dakota Extension
There is a certain set of production standards that should be required of cows within a herd to maximize profitability of a cow/calf operation. At the top of this list is that cows must have a marketable calf every 365 days....
Exercises Affects Reproductive Ability In Horses
published: December 20th 2012 source: American Society of Animal Science
In the latest issue of the Journal of Animal Science, researchers at Clemson University and the University of Florida examine the impact of exercise on mare reproductive health and embryo transfer. In the study, researchers divided light-horse mares into three research groups: no exercise (control), partial-exercise and full-exercise....
Properly Time Vaccines For Reproductive Success
published: December 13th 2012 source: Pfizer
Timing is everything when it comes to successful reproductive programs, and that includes timing of vaccinations to help prevent reproductive diseases. Following the timing guidelines on product labels is critically important to helping guarantee safety and efficacy....
Pregnancy check them, before you winter them
published: November 16th 2012 by: Martha Hollida Garrett
The last thing any cow/calf operator wants to do is feed an open cow all winter and then find out, she’s not going to contribute to the ranch’s bottom line next year when she turns up open....
Systematic Early Breeding Of Heifers Pays Dividends That Keep On Coming
published: September 17th 2012 source: Oklahoma Farm Report
University of Nebraska beef reproductive physiologist Rick Funston takes a systematic approach to helping cattle producers develop replacement females for cow herds. Funston says the most profitable cow herds are are those where the cows are breeding sooner rather than later when the bulls are turned in....
Decisions About Replacements
published: September 10th 2012 by: Chad Gulley source: Texas A&M Extension Service
As we begin rebuilding the cow herd following the 2011 drought, some producers are raising replacement heifers while others choose to purchase replacement heifers. Whether to raise replacement heifers or purchase replacement heifers goes back to the individual manager and the goals of the operation....
Heat Can Shorten Gestation, According To Research
published: August 20th 2012 source: Science Daily
Research conducted by Oklahoma State University's Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources indicates that excessively hot summertime temperatures -- all too normal for the south-central region of the United States -- can shorten the gestation length of beef cows....
Sexing Technologies and ABS Renew Agreements
published: August 16th 2012 source: Business India News
Sexing Technologies (d/b/a of Inguran, LLC), a leading provider of sex-sorted semen processing services in domestic and foreign markets, and an innovator of artificial insemination and IVF technologies in the livestock breeding industry, announced today that it has renewed a long-term, multi-million dollar contract with ABS Global, Inc....
Keeping The Factory Running
published: July 13th 2012 by: Trey Patterson source: Heifer.Pro.com
If you were building a factory to produce a product, you would want the factory to have quality and efficiency built in. But, you would also be very aware of the cost to build that factory. Why? If your investment in infrastructure is too high, it will reduce your profitability or at least extend the period of time after you build before you see profits....
Develop A Health Protocol For Your Bulls
published: May 24th 2012 source: Boehringer_Ingelheim
It’s easy to forget about the bulls when you are a cow-calf producer. Usually, they are only actively working a few months each year, so it's tempting to put their health needs on the back burner....
Research Identifies Method To Remove Faulty Sperm From Artificial Insemination Process
published: May 21st 2012 by: Peter Sutovsky source: University of Missouri
COLUMBIA, Mo. – All bull semen is not created equal, but Peter Sutovsky has found a way to level the bovine-fertility playing field. Research from the University of Missouri reproductive scientist identifies faulty sperm and takes them out of the equation for artificial insemination (AI) of cattle....
Comparing PG 6-Day CIDR and 5-Day CIDRs
published: May 15th 2012 by: Dr. George Perry, with contributions fro source: South Dakota State University Extension
It seems like every day we are learning more about the best ways to artificially inseminate cattle. New protocols appear to pop up daily, but as a producer, who is to say which protocol will give the highest pregnancy rates? Researchers at South Dakota State University put this question to the test by subjecting a group of postpartum beef cows to two commonly used fixed timed AI protocols; the PG 6-day CIDR program and the 5-day CIDR program, to determine which protocol resulted in a higher pregnancy rate....
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