AS 474 - Cow Calf Management
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Lecture Material
Additional material will be added throughout the semester.

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Cow Nutrition
Cow Body Condition
Calving Time/Weaning Time Conclusions

Things to know about reproduction and heifer development notes

 Reproductive hormones 
Estrus Synchronization Protocols

 Supplementing Mature Low Protein Forages 
Cost per unit of nutrient
 

Information about creep feeding
By Dan Ebersole, VPI
By Alfredo Costanza, U of M
By Findlay Pate, U of F

Buy Replacement Heifers?

Crossbreeding Notes
Breed comparisons at MARC 
Mixed Company
 

Crossbreeding Beef Cattle for Western Environments

Hybrid Vigor-What you really need to know 
Heterosis - Ignored or Forgotten?
Hybrid Vigor Is Dollars in the Bank
Tools for Making Genetic Change by Tom Field
10 Steps to Beef Genetics by Ron Bolze

EPDs and frame size notes 
Across breed EPD adjustment factors from MARC
Connecting the Cow Herd to the Carcass 

Cow Herd Diseases
lecture notes from Dr. Daly

Trace minerals

Age and source verification implications for Cow Calf Producers

 Where is the Beef Seedstock Industry Headed?  

BQA - Going back to the basics  

Summary of ways to be more profitable


Date last modified:  Thursday, December 18, 2008