Beef Steers Research Paper

When it comes to feeding show cattle many raisers have certain feeding strategies that they follow, ensuring they can maintain their goal on winning. Along with feeding it takes exercise so that one’s show calf will not become stout nor stubborn. Certain aspects are necessary to show an animal

Additionally, differences in other vitamins and minerals, such as iron and zinc, have not been shown to be significantly difference in between grain-fed and grass-fed cattle. (Prosch 1) Though there are differences, even if it may only be slight differences, it all comes down to the buyer and what they prefer.

Holy cow, I haven’t eaten any beef or any red meat in over thirteen years. When I first saw the topic of this essay to discuss the primary differences between grass fed and corn fed beef. I had thought to myself hmmm I was thinking all cows had just ate grass. I always thought cow’s were slow food because they ate grass but I wondered how so much beef was being produced so fast, but then I thought about all the chicken steroid stories. Cows are ruminants designed by nature to stay healthy and be totally sustained taking nourishment on grass and only grass. Cows, have stomachs that are designed to digest grass. But of demand and because cattle producers are so profit driven, their operations use the cheapest

A Brief History of Agricultural in the 21st Century and how it applies to grass fed Beef

To minimize the N.E.B the cow should be in the correct body condition before calving down, a score of 3.0 is appropriate. If the cow is too fat the she will not have the appetite to eat in early lactation which will affect the peak milk yield. It is key that the food intake is maximized post calving therefore the cow should have ad libitum access to forage at all time, the forage should also be of a high quality in early lactation, this is not as important when you move down the cycle. To overcome any limitations of forage concentrates like Molasses and Maize should also be used. A good concentrate mix for a dairy cow should contain starch sources of varying degradabilites, Molasses is rapidly degradable source while maize is a slowly degradable source of starch. There are two methods for feeding concentrates, in parlour and out of parlour. In parlour feeding systems the parlours are fitted with concentrate dispensing hoppers which dispense into the feed manger. A cow will receive 5kg per milking while a heifer will receive 4kg per milking. Out of parlour feeding is where feed is given out by transponders, in small amounts very often. Picture 1 shows an in parlour feeder system.

Starting at the sunrise in the crisp air, throughout the hectic day, and until sunset, FFA was setting up panels, judging, and then taking down panels at day’s end. It was their annual participation at Beef Breeders. An event on the first Friday of February, where bulls are showcased , a trade show takes place, and a livestock judging at the Ag Advancement Center.

Grazing! that's why. Cows eat grass and horses eat? You guessed it, grass!. They eat 13kgs of it per horse per day.

Numerous studies attest that fat composition within in animal (specifically cattle) depend and vary on the diet of that animal (Daley et al. 2010). In the case of cattle, grass-fed and grain (concentrate)-fed are amongst the two largest diets used, and this difference in diets is also correlated with a difference in fat composition (Daley et al. 2010). In general, grain-fed cattle have a higher body fat percentage make up, increasing from 9.76g/100g of muscle in grass-fed crossbred steers to 13.03g/100g of muscle in grain-fed steers (Daley et al. 2010). This is a 34% increase due to a diet change, which is a considerable increase since animal fats are connected to health risks; providing the argument that grass-fed cattle are healthier (Daley et al. 2010).

Abd El-Shaffy and G. A. Abd El-Rahman.  El-Nor, Khalif and El-Shaffy are from the Dairy Science Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt.  Khattab and El-Sayed are from the Animal Production Department Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Shoubra Al-Kheimah, Cairo, Egypt.  The last author El-Rahman is from the Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University.  All that was just listed was the source of authority that these authors have in their country.  These authors or professors are well-prepared to write about this topic because they talk about the whole experiment.  They inform the reader about what was done in the experiment and what came out of the experiment.  This article came from Revista Veterinaria.  The intended readers are possibly Buffalo breeders to see what is the best way to feed the calf and what milk is the most nutritious.  Also people that are interested in this topic can read this article as well.  There

Hess, T. Hubbell, D. Hufstedler, G. D. Fieser, and B. Caldwel set out on their research to analyze the additive effects of growth promoting technologies on performance of grazing steers and economics of the wheat pasture enterprise. The objective of this research was designed to evaluate the effect of monensin (Elanco Animal Health, Greenfield, IN) supplementation via mineral or pressed protein block with or without a growth promoting implant on the performance of steers grazing wheat pasture. Through this study they were able to look at the effects of these two mineral supplements, with or without steroid implants, on ADG. To do this, they set up three treatment groups: one on a non medicated mineral, which was the control (CNTRL); another on a medicated mineral of 1.78 g monensin/kg, which was group RMIN; and the third group on a protein packed mineral with 0.33 g monensin/kg, which was group RBLCK. Each of these groups were divided in half and implants were put in one-half. There was a total of 360 animals used in the experiment over the course of two years, 120 each spring, and 60 each fall. These were then split equally into the three groups, CNTRL, RMIN, and RBLCK. These groups were each split again with implants put in half of the animals in each group. These groups were then left on pasture for the duration of the test with free access to the mineral supplement of their group. Weights were collected before and after the designated time spent on pasture. From this, they could calculate the ADG of the different groups. They then compared the difference in ADG between CNTRL, RMIN, and RBLCK as seen in table

I am a co-owner of a cattle company were we raise and sell Purebred Hereford cattle, a few years ago we purchased two show heifers from Perez Cattle Company in New Mexico. After I was done showing them, we turned them out on pasture to get bred by our new herd bull. Later that fall we began to do pregnancy checks and those two were the only who that were open. We didn't know why, because we had the bull semen tested again and nothing was wrong. We then realized that they had gotten too fat, coming for a terrain like New Mexico, where there's not an abundance of grass to a place like the Flint Hills of Kansas. We then got their diet adjusted and they got bred to calve in the fall. We also saw a problem like this with another cow that was putting

Many people believe and many websites claim grass-fed beef is better for you than grain-fed beef. There are many studies that give this assumption merit, but we can’t just go off of what somebody else says to know which one we prefer, however we can determine which one is healthier for you. Let us begin with the meaning of these terms. Grass- fed bovine are animals that are fed purely on grass, foliage, and hay throughout the course of its life. Grain- fed bovines start out eating grass during the first 6 months, or weaning period, but they are ‘finished out’ in a feedlot with hormones and on a grain based feed, made with corn, soy, minerals, and a mix of different ingredients and nutrients.

A topic that interests me in relation to the overall health, diet and management of horses is Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS) also known as Insulin Resistance in horses. EMS is insensitivity to insulin created by stored glucose in the horse’s body. The Equine nutrition course has raised my understanding of how the current feeds and forage we utilize for the modern equine can place our horses at risk for developing EMS. This risk can be lowered and possibly avoided with proper dietary care. The course units have provided me with the knowledge to determine Body Condition Scores, navigate feed labels and understand forage quality. Armed with a greater knowledge of feed values, the impact to the horse’s digestive system, formulas required to determine daily intake and the know-how to determine a horses weight I feel confident not only to recognize a horse at risk for developing EMS but how and what to adjust in the horses daily diet to avoid a high glycemic index and manage a healthier diet for a horse diagnosed with EMS.

This will allow their body chemistry to catch up with their eating habits. If the horse is fed too much then re-feeding syndrome may occur (when too much glucose gets in the cells and pushes the essential nutrients out of the cells into the bloodstream). If this were to happen the horse will become chronically ill and may die within 3-10days. In research alfalfa hay worked the best for rehabilitating starved horses as it is high in protein and electrolytes such as phosphorus and magnesium. This is also an advantage as it is low in starch, which ensures that the increase of insulin is not to fast so kidney failure and heart failure are less common. It is recommended to give a handful (no more than a pound) every 3-4 hours, to total 6-8 pounds in 24

Physically effective NDF (peNDF) and rumen degraded starch (RDS) have a balancing relationship. Physically effective NDF is important in the ruminant diet for many reasons. As mentioned in the article by Plaizier et al., peNDF is how we quantify the amount of coarse fiber in the diet. The amount of coarse fiber in the diet has been shown to correlate with the amount of time the cow spends chewing. When considering the occurrence of SARA as discussed in this article, chewing, and the associated production and accumulation in the rumen of bicarbonate, is one of the important factors in maintaining an adequate rumen pH.