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9780813430065

Beef Cattle Science

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  • ISBN13:

    9780813430065

  • ISBN10:

    0813430062

  • Edition: 7th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1996-09-01
  • Publisher: Pearson
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Table of Contents

Preface to the Seventh Edition ix
PART I: GENERAL BEEF CATTLE 3(632)
1. History and Development of the Beef Cattle Industry
3(12)
2. World and U.S. Cattle and Beef
15(34)
3. Breeds of Cattle
49(48)
4. Selecting Beef Cattle
97(28)
5. Some Principles of Cattle Genetics
125(72)
6. Physiology of Reproduction in Cattle
197(42)
7. Sterility and Delayed Breeding in Beef Cattle
239(18)
8. Feeding Beef Cattle
257(86)
9. Pastures and Ranges
343(30)
10. Beef Cattle Management
373(30)
11. Buildings and Equipment for Beef Cattle
403(26)
12. Beef Cattle Health, Disease Prevention, and Parasite Control
429(68)
13. Business Aspects of Beef Production
497(38)
14. Fitting, Showing, and Judging Beef Cattle
535(32)
15. Marketing and Slaughtering Cattle and Calves
567(32)
16. Beef and Veal, and By-products from Cattle Slaughter
599(36)
PART II: COW-CALF SYSTEM; STOCKERS 635(148)
17. Cattle Raising
635(18)
18. The Cattle Farm or Ranch
653(24)
19. Feeding and Managing Brood Cows
677(26)
20. Bulls
703(14)
21. Feeding and Handling Calves
717(14)
22. Replacement Heifers
731(12)
23. Confinement (Drylot) Beef Cows
743(12)
24. Business Aspects of Cow-Calf Production
755(12)
25. Stocker (Feeder) Cattle
767(16)
PART III: CATTLE FEEDLOTS; PASTURE FINISHING 783(138)
26. Modern Cattle Feeding (Finishing)
783(8)
27. Business Aspects of Cattle Feeding
791(26)
28. Feedlot Facilities and Equipment
817(18)
29. Kind of Cattle to Feed
835(10)
30. Feeding Finishing (Fattening) Cattle
845(28)
31. Management of Feedlot Cattle
873(16)
32. Feedlot Pollution Control
889(10)
33. Cattle Feedlot Health
899(8)
34. Pasture Finishing (Fattening)
907(6)
35. Future of Cattle Finishing (Fattening)
913(8)
PART IV: BEHAVIOR & ENVIRONMENT/GLOSSARY 921(53)
36. Beef Cattle Behavior and Environment
921(26)
37. Glossary of Cattle Terms
947(27)
APPENDIX 974(111)
I. Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle
974(41)
Tables I-1, 1984 National Research Council
Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle Tables I-2, 1996 National Research Council
974(30)
Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle Tables I-3, 1996 National Research Council
1004(4)
Diet Nutrient Density Requirements
1008(7)
II. Composition of Feeds
1015(56)
Table II-1, Composition of Some Beef Cattle Feeds
1016(50)
Table II-2, Composition of Mineral Supplements for Beef Cattle
1066(4)
Table II-3, Bypass Protein in Common Feeds
1070(1)
III. Animal Units
1071(1)
IV. Weights and Measures
1072(5)
Table IV-1, Weights and Measures (Metric and U.S. Customary)
1072(4)
Temperature
1076(1)
Table IV-2, Weights and Measures of Common Feeds
1076(1)
V. Estimating Beef Cattle Weights from Heart Girth Measurements
1077(1)
VI. Gestation Table
1077(1)
VII. Breed Registry Associations and Breed Magazines
1078(5)
VIII. U.S. State Colleges of Agriculture and Canadian Provincial Universities
1083(2)
Index 1085

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