Thirty head of good quality Hereford steer calves, 10 head to a lot, were used in the study. They were the lightest calves of a shipment of 220 steer calves from the Brite Ranch at Marfa, Texas. They cost 29 cents a ...

The effectiveness of alfaprostol in inducing abortion was tested in 93 pregnant heifers. Alfaprostol was injected intramuscularly, .7 mg per 100 pounds body weight. Twenty-four heifers were injected when they averaged 83 ...

Sixteen crossbred steers were used to compare performance and carcass characteristics of animals from accelerated and “natural” cattle production systems. Steers in the accelerated group (8 head) were implanted with Component ...

Cattle entering feedlots typically are adapted to finishing diets over a period of 2 to 4 weeks by gradually replacing forages with concentrate feeds using a series of step-up diets. Without proper adaptation, naïve ...

The effects of adding decoquinate (Deccox®) to the diet at 0, 0.5, or 5 mg per kg body weight were evaluated with diets of 30 and 80% concentrate. Decoquinate did not influence rumen or plasma metabolites, diet digestibility, ...

Western ewes of the three predominant types (Texas ewes or finewools, Northwest blackface crossbreds, and Northwest whiteface crossbreds) commonly found in Kansas were obtained as ewe lambs in the fall of 1951 and bred ...

Western ewes of the three predominant types (Texas ewes or fine wools, Blackface crossbeds, and Northwestern Whiteface crossbreds) commonly found in Kansas were obtained as ewe lambs in the fall of 1951 and bred to ...

Western ewes of the three predominant types (Texas ewes or finewools, Northwest Blackface Crossbreds, and' Northwest Whiteface Crossbreds) commonly found in Kansas were obtained as ewe lambs in the fall of 1951 and bred ...

The hay used in this study consisted of good-quality, third-cutting alfalfa. It was cut, cured, and baled in the field and stored in a conventional hay shed. After having been in storage 2 months, a part of the alfalfa ...

Previous work at this station (Circular 297. p. 45-47) and at the Fort Hays Branch Experiment Station (Circular 322, p. 1-6) indicates that beef calves wintered on a daily ration of 1.75-2 pounds of ground sorghum grain, ...