Browsing Cattlemen's Day, 1983 by Author "Kiracofe, G."

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  • Aborting feedlot heifers with Alfaprostol
    Keay, L.E.; Kiracofe, G.; Riley, J.; Simon, M. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station, 1983)
    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 ...
  • Effect of energy intake on semen characteristics, sex drive, and scrotal circumference of yearling beef bulls
    Pruitt, D.; Corah, L.; Kiracofe, G.; McKee, M.; Spire, M. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station, 1983)
    Simmental and Hereford bulls were fed individually three levels of energy per breed for 200 days beginning shortly after weaning. Then all bulls were adjusted to a roughage ration for 10 days, before grazing brome pasture ...
  • Heat synchronization with Alfaprostol
    Keay, L.E.; Kiracofe, G.; Odde, K.; Stevenson, J. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station, 1983)
    One-hundred eighteen heifers were used to determine the effectiveness of Alfaprostol as a heat synchronization agent. Seventy-nine were injected twice (12 days apart) with 6 mg Alfaprostol per head and 39 were not treated. ...
  • Management options for pregnant feedlot heifers
    Riley, J.; Simon, M.; Keay, L.E.; Kiracofe, G. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station, 1983)
    Heifers that were 167 days pregnant when slaughtered gained faster and more efficiently than open heifers, or heifers that had been aborted with a prostaglandin analog at 83 or 138 days, unless the slaughter weight was ...