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Examination of Received Prices Between Replacement Heifers and Feeder Heifers in Alabama
(2008-09-09)
A constant source of beef replacement heifers is essential. Consignors perceive replacement quality heifers are worth more than feeder heifers. This study examined what factors affected prices received for replacement ...
Glycemic response to meal length in horses
(2009-02-23)
Cereal grains are an ideal feedstuff for horses with high energy demands because of their high soluble carbohydrate content. However, consumption of a single meal high in soluble carbohydrates causes an immediate increase ...
Characterizing Grass-Fed Ground Beef and Enhanced Steaks Using Modified Atmosphere Packaging
(2009-02-23)
Fall-born Angus x Continental crossbred steers (n = 18) were randomly assigned to six 1.4 ha paddocks with 3 head in each paddock. The paddocks had been randomly planted with Marshall Ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum L.), ...
Neonatal Exposure to Estrogen and Estrogen Receptor Agonists and Antagonists: Effects on the Adult Endometrial Proteome and Morphoregulatory Gene Expression in the Neonatal Uterus
(2010-01-06)
Development of the porcine uterus begins prenatally but is completed postnatally. In mammals, the uterus provides an embryotrophic environment for conceptus development and integrates maternal and conceptus signals needed ...
The Effect of Pharmacological and Dietary Modulators of Lipid Metabolism on Gene Expresion in a Porcine Model
(2008-09-09)
Modifying the size and/or carcass distribution of adipose tissue in meat producing animals by nutritional and pharmacological means has long been of interest to animal scientists. In pigs, as in other meat animals, a more ...
Alternative Beef Finishing Strategies: Effects on Animal Performance, Retail Shelf Life, Sensory, Fatty Acid Profile and Lipid Stability
(2008-09-09)
The effect of supplemental concentrate levels to steers finished on winter annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) or full concentrate (GRAIN) was studied. Initial color, fatty acid profile, retail shelf-life, lipid ...
Performance of Forage-Finished Beef Cattle Grazing Ryegrass, Rye or Oats, and Forage Quality Measured by a High-Throughput Procedure
(2009-08-05)
A 3-yr grazing trial was conducted with ryegrass (Lolium perenne), rye (Secale cereale) and oats (Avena sativa) as winter pasture for forage-finished beef. Replicate 1.42-ha paddocks were established and stocked with 3 ...
Forage quality, animal performences, and carcass traits of steers finished on winter annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) pasture with varying levels of corn supplementation
(2008-09-09)
Crossbred steers (n=72) from E.V. Smith Beef Research Unit resident herd were selected to study forage based finishing systems using winter annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) with varying levels of supplementation. ...
Can a Horse Learn While Under the Influence of a Tranquilizer (acepromazine maleate)?
(2008-09-09)
Although tranquilizers commonly are used as “training aids,” little is known about how this practice affects efficiency of learning in the horse. Forty mature horses were used to compare learning performance of tranquilized ...
Evaluation of Sustainable Forage Systems for Meat Goat Production in the Southern US
(2008-09-09)
The effect of production systems on growth, carcass traits and carcass quality of 45 Boer wether goat kids was determined and the development of prediction equations for carcass composition was examined using carcasses ...