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  • Transition cow nutrition and management
    Shirley, J.E. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 2003)
    Dairy cows are generally provided with a 60-day dry period. The first part of the dry period is called the “far-off dry period” beginning at dry off and continuing until 21 days before projected calving date. The second ...
  • Translocation of natural microflora from muscle surface to interior by blade tenderization
    Hajmeer, M.N.; Ceylan, E.; Marsden, J.L.; Phebus, R.K. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 2000)
    The effect of blade tenderization on translocation of natural microflora from the surface to the interior of longissimus dorsi steaks aged for 7, 14, and 21 days was evaluated. Samples from the exterior and interior ...
  • Trends in the swine industry: operations and marketings
    Parcell, J.L.; Dhuyvetter, K.C. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1997)
    Trends in the size of swine operations in Kansas and the V. S. are toward fewer and larger operations. The number of operations in Kansas and the U.S. continues to decline; however, the number of hogs marketed has ...
  • Trends in the swine industry: productivity measures
    Dhuyvetter, K.C.; Parcell, J.L. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1997)
    Productivity has been trending up in the swine industry over the last 15 years. Much of the increased productivity is due to increased pigs/litter and increased market weights. The efficiency of the breeding herd (lit ...
  • Trials on commercial silage additives
    Bolsen, K. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station, 1982)
    Numerous commercial silage additives, manufacturers of which make various claims for their improving silage quality, are available to Kansas farmers and ranchers. In 2 previous years (1980 and 1981), we reported on ...
  • Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) associated with rice mills: fumigation efficacy and population rebound
    Buckman, Karrie A.; Campbell, James F.; Subramanyam, Bhadriraju (2013)
    The red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), is the most important stored-product insect pest infesting rice (Oryza sativa L.) mills in the United States. Due to the phasing out of methyl ...
  • Trifluomeprazine fed to fattening steers
    Koch, B.A.; Smith, E.F.; Richardson, D.; McCarter, M.M. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1960)
    The steers used in this study were good to choice grade Herefords, averaging 980 pounds, that originated in New Mexico. They had been wintered in central Kansas at a rather high level of feeding. The steers were randomly ...
  • Two antibiotic combinations with and without Vitamin E or fermentation product in rations for growing pigs
    Koch, B.A.; Hines, R.H. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1970)
    Growing pigs fed ASP-250 from birth to market gained equally as well as those fed TNT. Feed conversion values were quite similar. Adding a fermentation product or vitamin E to rations did not produce consistently better ...
  • Two semen-thawing procedures compared by competitively mating beef cows
    Odde, K.G.; Kiracofe, G.H.; Ward, H.S.; Brethour, J. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station, 1980)
    Seventy-five cows were used to compare the fertilizing abilities of sperm packaged in 0.5-ml straws and thawed in warm water to similarly packaged sperm thawed in the inseminating gun. A system of competitive mating provided ...
  • Two-year summary: four hybrid sorghum grains fed in all-concentrate rations to steers
    McCollough, R.L.; Schalles, R.R. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station, 1972)
    This station has grown and fed the same four (yellow endosperm) hybrid sorghum grains (Funk G-766W, Acco R-l09, DeKalb E-57, and Northrup King 222) in an all-concentrate ration to steers two consecutive years. Results ...
  • U.S. Beef Demand Drivers and Enhancement Opportunities
    Tonsor, Glynn; Mintert, James; Schroeder, Ted (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 2009)
    This publication uses national, quarterly data to examine U.S. meat demand using the Rotterdam model. The analysis provides insights into beef demand and previously unexamined topics including the effect of multiple ...
  • Ultrasound sorting increases feedlot profitability
    Garmyn, A.; Moser, D. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 2007)
    Feedlot managers often market entire pens as mixed groups, resulting in lower-quality, over-finished, or heavyweight carcasses. As the cattle industry has moved towards valuebased marketing systems, finding a costeffective ...
  • Ultrasound technology has limited ability to predict carcass yield grade of lightweight, short-fed stocker cattle
    Lawrence, S.J.; Kreider, S.E.; Higgins, J.J.; Blasi, D.A.; Allen, L.; Dikeman, M.E.; Epp, M.P.; Ritter, P. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 2013)
    The majority of cattle fed in commercial feedlots are processed and placed into pens without sorting into groups of uniform size and body condition. As a result of the variability in weight and condition, this management ...
  • Ultrasound versus convection cooking of beef longissimus and pectoralis muscles
    Pohlman, F.W.; Dikeman, M.E.; Zayas, J.F.; Unruh, J.A. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1997)
    Longissimus and pectoralis muscles were removed from 10 steer carcasses at 4 days postmortem , aged for 14 days at 4 ̊F, then assigned to either ultrasound (ULS) or convection (Conv) cooking to either 144 or 15 8 ...
  • Ultrasound-measured ribeye area EPD for Brangus cattle
    Schalles, R.R.; Dikeman, M.E.; Glaze, J.B.; Mallen-Spinzi, R.; Andries, K.M.; Rost, C.J.; Johnson, M.Z.; Olson, W. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1993)
    Ultrasound-measured ribeye area (REA) expected progeny differences (EPD) were calculated for 2974 Brangus cattle. Carcass data were collected from 168 steer progeny sired by eight bulls with ultrasound-measured ribeye ...
  • Update on bovine spongiform encephalopathy
    Hollis, L.C. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 2004)
    Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, commonly called “mad cow disease” by members of the media, found its way into the United States and was diagnosed in December, 2003, in a Holstein dairy cow of Canadian origin. A significant ...
  • Update on gonadotropin-releasing hormone treatments for repeat breeders
    Stevenson, J.S. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1987)
    In three of six studies involving over 1,650 cows, treatment of lactating dairy cows with 100 µg GnRH (2 cc Cystorelin®) at the time of third or fourth insemination improved conception rates by 12 percentage points. When ...
  • Update on heat detection aids
    Stevenson, J.S.; Call, E.P (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1987)
    Poor heat detection is a major cause of reproductive failure in most dairy herds. About one-half of the heat periods are undetected, resulting in prolonged calving intervals. In many cases, the problem is serious enough ...
  • Update on ovulation-control programs for artificial insemination of lactating dairy cows
    Stevenson, J.S. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 2005)
    Use of timed AI programs has become commonplace on most dairy farms either because cows are not watched sufficiently to detect estrus, or because expression of estrus is limited by confinement housing. A number of ...
  • Urea and Fermentrol® additives for forage sorghum silage
    Janicki, B.; Bolsen, K.; Hinds, M.; Ilg, H. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1984)
    Adding urea to forage sorghum greatly increased the ensiling temperature, produced a more rapid and extensive fermentation, and resulted in more shrink loss in the silo. Fermentrol®, an enzyme-inoculant additive, had ...