Beef Practice provides access to clear, concise, and comprehensive information for veterinarians and animal scientists working with beef producers.
Beef Practice focuses primarily with the cow-calf stocker system, which refers to the breeding of cows and the raising of calves for slaughter.
Contents
Introduction
- Integrating Needs and Services
- Marketing Production Management Services
Cow/Calf Production Principles
- Characteristics of High-Profit/Low-Cost Producers
- "Good" Cow/Calf Production Principles
- Reproductive Performance
- Cost of Delayed Calving
- Genetic Considerations
- Crossbreeding
- Weaning Strategies
- Biostimulation
Records and Epidemiology for Production Medicine
- Records Collection and Management
- Epidemiology
- Biostatistics
- Epidemiology Sources
Herd Health Management
- Marketing Herd Health
- Costs of Animal Disease
- Herd Health Concepts
- Herd Health Calendar
- Abortion Outbreaks
- Culling Programs
- Disease Control in Bovine Semen Used for Artifical Insemination
- Vaccinology
Biosecurity for Beef Cow/Calf Production
- Implementing Biosecurity
- Implementing Biocontainment
Beef Cowherd Nutrition and Management
- General Ruminant Facts
- Factors That Influence Nutritional Requirements
- Practical Considerations
- Guidelines for Managing Beef Cow Diets
Behavior and Handling
- Importance of Good Management for Proper Handling
- Effects of Vision on Handling
- Hearing
- Behavioral Handling Principles
- Bull Behavior
- Reducing Weaning Stress
- Chute Design
- Cattle Restraint Principles
- Nonslip Flooring
- Troubleshooting Handling Problems
- Low-Stress Transport
Replacement Heifers
- Developing Heifers that Calve at 24 Months
- Heifer Selection
- Heifer Health Program
- Replacement Heifer Managment
- Maternal Nutrition and Subsequent Performance
- Heifer Breeding Model: CCPs in Heifer Development
Breeding Bull Selection, Assessment, and Management
- Selection and Purchase of Bulls
- Conditioning and Preparation of Bulls Before Breeding
- Breeding Season
- Nonbreeding Season
- Miscellaneous Concerns and Disorders
Assisted Reproduction
- AI and Estrus Synchtronization
- Synchronization Programs with Natural Breeding (Bull/Sync)
- Pregnancy Tests
- Heat Detection Aids
- ET
Calving and Calf Management in Beef Herds
- Precalving Management
- Postpartum Calving Management
- Pregrazing Management (Branding)
- Grazing and Weaning Management
Beef Cattle Economics and Finance
- Economics
- Accounting and Finance
- Profitability
- Analysis of Herd Performance
Beef Quality Assurance
- Quality and Safety Challenges
- Important Points to Remember for the Success of BQA
- BQA Guidelines and Agreements
- BQA Good Management Practices
- Feedstuffs and Commodity Sources GMP
- Animal Treatments and Health Maintencance GMP
- Residue Avoidance
- Putting BQA to Work through the HACCP System
Cow/Calf Welfare Considerations
- Stockmanship
- Genetics
- Health
- Specific Animal Welfare Issues
- Welfare Codes
- Critcal Welfare Control Points for Cow/Calf Operations
Environmental Aspects of Livestock Production
- Rangeland Monitoring
- Water Quality Monitoring
- U. S. Endangered Species Act
- "Conservation" and "Conservation Banking"
Index
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