Beef cattle science handbook / editores Frank H. Baker y Mason E. Miller
- xvi, 807 páginas : ilustraciones, gráficas, tablas
ej.1: C/E -43 La Biblioteca cuenta solo con el volumen 20
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1. Applying agricultural science and technology to world hunger problems / 2. Future agricultural policy considerations that will influence livestock producers / 3. Effective ways for livestock producers to influence the policymaking process: practical politics / 4. The food animal residue issue: implications for producers / 5. Facing the facts in getting started as a livestock producer part 2: energy sources and animal wastes / 6. Photovoltaic solar power for small farm and ranch use / 7. Anaerobic digestion of beef and dairy manure for energy and feed production / 8. Utilization of cattle manure for fertilizer / 9. Finding and using problem-solving technology and information in livestock production / 10. Integrated management: the delivery method for the future / 11. The university farm: what is its role in animal agriculture and how do we support it? / 12. The nature and extent of grazing lands in the united states / 13. What is good range management? / 14. Livestock production in sub-saharan africa: pastoralists caught in a fragile environment / 15. Strategies and techniques for production of wildlife and livestock on western rangelands / 16. Using improved grasses profitably / 17. Our experiences with using legumes profitably / 18. Controlled grazing and power fence / 19. Genetic engineering and commercial livestock production / 20. The potential of in vitro fertilization to the livestock industry / 21. Embryo transfer, microsurgery, and frozen embryo banks in the cattle industry / 22. The coming technological explosion in beef production part / 23. The reformation of the bull / 24. Genetics and beef cattle breeding strategies / 25. Manipulation of growth and carcass composition of cattle / 26. Animal genetic resources and world food production / 27. Improvement of the productivity of the domestic buffalo in Southeast Asia / 28. Genetic attributes required for efficient cattle production in the tropics / 29. Heterosis: causes and uses in beef cattle breeding in tropical areas / 30. Genetic improvement of tropical cattle / 31. Selection of cattle for hot climates / 32. Brahmans and their influence on beef production in the united states / 33. Concepts of cattle breeding in subtropical and tropical climates / 34. Cattle breeding in tropical africa / 35. Africander, Tswana, and tuli cattle of southern africa: breed characterization separates fact from fiction / 36. Crossbreeding indigenous east african cattle with american angus and red poll / 37. Trypanotolerant n'dama and west african shorthorn cattle / 38. The changing beef breed scene: adaptability and functional efficiency / 39. The changing beef breed scene: growth rate and fertility / 40. Feed levels, fertility, and reproductive problems in cattle / 41. What is next in beef breeding? / 42. Records in herd improvement and merchandising / 43. Sire evaluation for the beef cattle industry / 44. Development and utilization of a beef cattle germ plasm composite / 45. Linear measurements and their value to cattlemen / 46. Beef cattle selection opportunities for net merit / 47. Comparison of the economics and performance of "auction barn" versus performance-selected angus females in the production of brahman x angus f1 cattle / 48. Stages of the birth process and causes of dystocia in cattle / 49. Correction of dystocia problems in cattle / 50. Estrous cycle management of dairy cattle using lutalyse® sterile solution (pgf2a) / 51. Beef cattle reproduction and management / 52. Making effective use of syncro–mate–b / 53. Management of artificial insemination based on twenty–one heat detection signs / 54. Application of acupuncture in treatment of animal infertility / 55. Marketing of crop residues through a beef cow herd / 56. Pounds versus profits: size and milk in beef cows / 57. Cattle use for profitable resource management in humid climates / 58. Herd management for optimum efficiency / 59. Fitting cow size and efficiency to feed supply / 60. Reducing risk in ranching / 61. Genetic engineering of animal vaccines / 62. Foreign animal diseases of concern to u.s. stockmen / 63. Artificial insemination, fertilized ova, and disease transmission / 64. Residual viruses in animal products and by–products 65. Ethylenediamine dihydriodide (eddi) / 66. Advances in control of bovine babesiosis (texas fever) / 68. Preconditioning: a cattleman's responsibility / 69. Stress and its effects on cattle / 70. Coccidiostats for stressed cattle / 71. Backgrounding beef cattle / 72. Do intact males fit the profitability needs of commercial beef producers? / 73. Bulls for beef / 74. Chemical castration: a boon to cattlemen / 75. Double muscling: more and better beef part / 76. Livestock behavior and psychology as related to handling and welfare / 77. Transportation of cattle by truck and rail / 78. Management of stocker–feeder cattle during the marketing process / 79. Winter weather, cattle performance, and cattle markets / 80. Using technical price analysis methods to aid in hedging decisions / 81. Use of futures markets in feedlot management / 82. Microcomputer usage in agriculture / 83. Computerized records and decision making / 84. Agnet and other computer information sources / 85. Application of microcomputers in the management of a beef cow operation / 86. Facts for cattle feeders: computer and otherwise / 87. New methods for calculating ruminant protein needs / 88. Mineral nutrition of beef cattle on acid infertile soils of tropical regions in latin america / 89. Ionophores: new findings on performance, bloat, and acidosis / 90. New implant strategies / 91. Ralgro®: an anabolic agent to increase meat production worldwide / 92. Grain processing: alternatives to high energy methods / 93. Understanding the value of beef produced / 94. The contribution of red meat to the american diet, part I / 95. The contribution of red meat to the american diet, part II / 96. Outdoor meat cookery for small and large groups / 97. Cooking meat for maximum eating quality / 98. Meat palatability as affected by nutrition of animals / 99. Future opportunities in the beef cattle industry / 100. A farmer's observations of washington / 101. Production cost comparisons among beef, pork, and chicken / 102. The changing profitability and efficiency of high plains and corn belt feedlots / 103. Beef exports and imports: current situation and outlook / 104. Economic outlook for the livestock industry / Norman E. Borlaug -- A. Barry Carr -- A. Barry Carr -- Dixon D. Hubbard -- Dixon D. Hubbard -- H. Joseph Ellen II -- William A. Scheller -- John M. Sweeten -- Dixon D. Hubbard -- L. S. Bull -- L. S. Bull -- Evert K. Byington and Richard H. Hart -- Gerald W. Thomas -- Gerald W. Thomas -- James G. Teer and D. Lynn Drawe -- Gerald G. Bryan -- Gerald G. Bryan -- Arthur L. Snell -- H. A. Fitzhugh -- R. L. Ax -- J. W. Turner -- Don Williams -- R. L. Willham -- R. T. Berg -- R. T. Berg -- John Hodges -- J. F. Frisch -- J. F. Frisch -- J. F. Frisch -- J. F. Frisch -- W. M. Warren -- J. W. Turner -- J. W. Turner -- John C. M. Trail -- John C. M. Trail -- John C. M. Trail -- John C. M. Trail -- Cas Maree -- Cas Maree -- Cas Maree -- R. L. Willham -- Doug Bennett -- H. H. Dickenson -- Gary Conley -- J. A. Gosey -- J. A. Gosey -- Jim Pumphery -- Thomas R. Thedford and Marshall R. Putman -- Thomas R. Thedford and Marshall R. Putman -- James W. Lauderdale -- J. M. Wiltbank, Roy Anderson and H. L. Wiltban -- J. N. Wiltbank -- Henry Gardiner -- Qin Li-Rang and Yan Qin-Dian -- Gary Conley -- Robert Totusek and Keith Lusby -- Walter Rowden -- Walter Rowden -- J. A. Gosey -- John L. Merrill -- Jerry J. Callis -- Jerry J. Callis -- Jerry J. Callis -- P. D. McKercher and Jerry J. Callis -- John B. Herrick -- John B. Herrick -- Don Williams -- John B. Herrick -- Walter Tullos -- Roger D. Wyatt -- R. T. Berg, T. Tennessen and M. A. Price -- John B. Herrick -- R. T. Berg and K. A. Shahín -- Temple Grandin -- Temple Grandin, G. B. Thompson, David Hutcheson and Joe Cummins -- George A. Hall -- Don Williams -- Jame N. Trapp -- Pat Shepard -- Alan E. Baquet -- Alan E. Baquet -- Robert V. Price -- Gary Conley -- Betty J. Geiger -- L. S. Bull -- Ned S. Raun -- J. R. Brethour -- J. R. Brethour -- F. G. Soto -- J. R. Brethour -- Roger D. Wyatte -- B. C. Breidenstein -- B. C. Breidenstein -- C. Boyd Ramsey -- C. Boyd Ramsey -- C. Boyd Ramsey -- W. J. Waldrip -- Michel L. Campbell -- James N. Trapp -- James N. Trapp -- John Morse -- Robert V. Price -- Preface -- Part 1: Global and national issues -- Part 2: Energy sources and animal wastes -- Part 3: Information channels and institutional structures -- Part 4: range, grass, and forage -- Part 5: New frontiers in biology -- Part 6: Genetics and selection: general perspective -- Part 7: Genetics and selection for the tropics and subtropics -- Part 8: Genetics and selection: african perspectives -- Part 9: Genetics and selection: application in the united states -- Part 10: Reproduction -- Part 11: Cowherd management and cow efficiency -- Part 12: Health and veterinary medicine -- Part 13: Management for growing–finishing cattle -- Part 14: Handling transportation and marketing Part 15: Computer technology -- Part 16: Nutrition feeding and growth promotants -- Part 17: Meat and meat cookery -- Part 18: Industry trends, economics, and outlook --
This handbook is based on presentations made at the International Stockmen's School, January 8-13, 1984. It includes papers on beef cattle genetics and selection; general anatomy and physiology; reproduction; behavior and animal welfare; feeds and nutrition; and health, diseases, and parasites.