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Behavioral biomarkers for calf health
… Oral behaviors early in life can affect a calf’s performance and health through adulthood. Applied ethologist utilize automated technologies to better quantify the behaviors of dairy and beef calves early in life which could result in changes in management of calves. In the first study, the …
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Vitamin Studies in the Young Calf
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Jersey Calf Management, Mortality, and Body Composition
… Feeding 180g of CP in the MR was beneficial to calf performance compared with diet 21/21. In experiment two, tissues from a subset of calves [21/21 (n=4), 27/33 (n=5), 29/16 (n=5), MILK (n=3), baseline (n=2)] were scanned using dual energy x-ray absorptiometry to estimate mass, fat, CP, and ash. …
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Management factors affecting calf growth and health
Two calf feeding trends are emerging in the dairy industry in the United States. Large herds often find it economical to feed pasteurized waste milk; while smaller herds are embracing technological advancements by utilizing automated calf milk feeders. Housing of calves varies depending on feeding …
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Perinatal calf mortality in the Kansas Flint Hills
Call number: LD2668 .T4 1985 C34
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Perinatal calf mortality in the Kansas Flint Hills
Call number: LD2668 .T4 1985 C34
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Economic Pasture-Based Cow-Calf Systems for Appalachia
… cattle, and economics components within the cow-calf sector of pasture beef production, and presents implications of their interplay for the vitality of the whole system. Samples of forage DM mass and CP, ADF, NDF, and ash contents in each paddock of a rotational stocking system were collected …
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Management, Sanitation, and Accuracy of Automated Calf Feeders
… or milk replacer in automated feeders. Six dairy calf operations in Virginia and 4 in Minnesota employing 1 to 2 sophisticated automated calf feeders were visited biweekly for 26 to 28 wk. An initial management survey was conducted for each farm. Observations on facilities, calf weights and …
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Analysis of newborn calf body measurements and relationship of calf shape to sire breeding values for birth weight and calving ease
These studies were conducted to define calf body shape, to test for relationships between calf shape and sire expected progeny differences for birth weight (BWTEPD) and first-calf calving ease (CEEPD) and to evaluate the efficacy of calf shape as a selection criterion for reduction of calving …
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Kinematic analysis of the tying phase of calf roping
Call number: LD2668 .T4 PELS 1987 H37
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Kinematic analysis of the tying phase of calf roping
Call number: LD2668 .T4 PELS 1987 H37
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Indoor Versus Outdoor Calf Rearing at Three Weaning Ages
… a serious problem of the dairyman. Nation-wide calf loss estimates ranged between 8 and 25% with an estimated annual loss to the industry of $50 million (10). South Dakota dairymen are not immune to these mortality losses and some studies (28, 52) indicate that their losses may be higher than …
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Transport of interleukin 1[beta] in calf epiphyseal cartilage
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1995.
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Electroextraction of proteoglycans from calf articular cartilage in vitro
Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1989.
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Intensified Calf Feeding Programs for Purebred and Crossbred Calves
In the first experiment, 132 Jersey calves were assigned to one of three diets on three farms. Diet 20/20, 28/25, and 28/20 were milk replacers (MR) consisting of 20%, 28%, and 28% CP, and 20%, 25%, and 20% fat, respectively. Diet 20/20 was reconstituted at 10% DM solids, whereas diets 28/25 and …
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Effects of housing beef cow-calf pairs on dry lot vs pasture on cow performance as well calf performance and behavior through feedlot receiving
… were to analyze the effects of housing cow-calf pairs in dry lots (DL) or pasture (PAST) on cow performance and reproduction and calf performance and behavior through the receiving phase. Simmental × Angus (n = 108; 87 ± 11.5 d postpartum) spring-calving cows were stratified by age, BW, BCS …
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Calf shape and pelvic dimensions affecting dystocia in beef heifers
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The Effect of Calf Morbidity on Feedlot Performance and Profitability
Two "Value-Added Calf (VAC) Programs were evaluated relative to feedlot performance and profitability. Two hundred seventy-three head of feeder calves were included in this study. Ninety-five Certified: Preconditioned for Health (CPH), ninety KCA Gold Tag and eighty-eight "Sale Barn" cattle were …
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