Industry advisors say it is time to capture direct, maternal heterosis - High Plains Journal

Longevity, rebreeding and calf survivability are gaining importance as the nation's cow herd becomes more straightbred. That likely is because commercial cow-calf producers have forgotten or ignored hybrid vigor (heterosis). A crossbreeding program ...
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It's time to capture direct, maternal heterosis - Drovers

Longevity, rebreeding and calf survivability are gaining importance as the nation’s cow herd becomes more straightbred. Animal scientists say that is because commercial cow-calf producers have forgotten or ignored hybrid vigor (heterosis). A ...
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Meeting your meat: One woman's farm-to-plate experience (Chicago Sun-Times)

From the time I toddled, I dabbled in "cooking," scrawling recipes with a newly acquired tripod grip. Later, I pored over cookbooks rather than breezy beach reads. As an adult, I wanted to share this world with my son. He's not an eater like me. We talk about food a lot, though, and he willingly tastes things that would, frankly, frighten most kids.
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Canada's cash cow: Meet the $1.2-million Holstein that will boost a ... - Globe and Mail

S he is long, leggy and classy. Her frame is all smooth lines and voluptuous curves. Every beauty contest she enters, she wins. In short, she is the Claudia Schiffer of the milking parlour. Her name is Eastside Lewisdale Gold Missy - she goes by ...
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It's time to capture direct, maternal heterosis - Drovers

Longevity, rebreeding and calf survivability are gaining importance as the nation’s cow herd becomes more straightbred. Animal scientists say that is because commercial cow-calf producers have forgotten or ignored hybrid vigor (heterosis). A ...
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Meeting your meat: One woman's farm-to-plate experience (Chicago Sun-Times)

From the time I toddled, I dabbled in "cooking," scrawling recipes with a newly acquired tripod grip. Later, I pored over cookbooks rather than breezy beach reads. As an adult, I wanted to share this world with my son. He's not an eater like me. We talk about food a lot, though, and he willingly tastes things that would, frankly, frighten most kids.
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Canada's cash cow: Meet the $1.2-million Holstein that will boost a ... - Globe and Mail

S he is long, leggy and classy. Her frame is all smooth lines and voluptuous curves. Every beauty contest she enters, she wins. In short, she is the Claudia Schiffer of the milking parlour. Her name is Eastside Lewisdale Gold Missy - she goes by ...
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Industry advisors say it is time to capture direct, maternal heterosis - High Plains Journal

Longevity, rebreeding and calf survivability are gaining importance as the nation's cow herd becomes more straightbred. That likely is because commercial cow-calf producers have forgotten or ignored hybrid vigor (heterosis). A crossbreeding program ...
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It's time to capture direct, maternal heterosis - Drovers

Longevity, rebreeding and calf survivability are gaining importance as the nation’s cow herd becomes more straightbred. Animal scientists say that is because commercial cow-calf producers have forgotten or ignored hybrid vigor (heterosis). A ...
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Alert over stock diseases - John O'Groat Journal

Alert over stock diseasesJohn O'Groat JournalSenior veterinary virologist Peter Nettleton said there are very reliable tests to detect BVD or Bovine Virus Diarrhoea. Vaccines are also very effective ...
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It's time to capture direct, maternal heterosis - Drovers

It's time to capture direct, maternal heterosisDroversAgain referring to USMARC research, she said the calves of British-based cows and Continental or Bos indicus sires had significantly reduced rates of bovine ...
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Meeting your meat: One woman's farm-to-plate experience (Chicago Sun-Times)

From the time I toddled, I dabbled in "cooking," scrawling recipes with a newly acquired tripod grip. Later, I pored over cookbooks rather than breezy beach reads. As an adult, I wanted to share this world with my son. He's not an eater like me. We talk about food a lot, though, and he willingly tastes things that would, frankly, frighten most kids.
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Canada's cash cow: Meet the $1.2-million Holstein that will boost a struggling ... - Globe and Mail

World Records AcademyCanada's cash cow: Meet the $1.2-million Holstein that will boost a struggling ...Globe and MailThat makes the three-year-old cow the new gold standard in an industry where bovine genetics have attracted growing interest among farmers looking to better ...Missy the million dollar HolsteinGlobe and Mailall 7 news articles »
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Alert over stock diseases - John O'Groat Journal

Alert over stock diseasesJohn O'Groat JournalSenior veterinary virologist Peter Nettleton said there are very reliable tests to detect BVD or Bovine Virus Diarrhoea. Vaccines are also very effective ...
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Meeting your meat: One woman's farm-to-plate experience (Chicago Sun-Times)

From the time I toddled, I dabbled in "cooking," scrawling recipes with a newly acquired tripod grip. Later, I pored over cookbooks rather than breezy beach reads. As an adult, I wanted to share this world with my son. He's not an eater like me. We talk about food a lot, though, and he willingly tastes things that would, frankly, frighten most kids.
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Canada's cash cow: Meet the $1.2-million Holstein that will boost a ... - Globe and Mail

... million, gaining her entrance to a pantheon of $1-million North American cows that contained only five Holsteins before her. That makes the three-year-old cow the new gold standard in an industry where bovine ... excellent cattle slip with the ...
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Missy the million dollar Holstein - Globe and Mail

... Lewisdale Gold Missy – she goes by Missy for short – and, as of last week, she is worth $1.2-million, gaining her entrance to a pantheon of million-dollar North American cows that contained ... Thalen will continue to raise and coddle Missy ...
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سیم خاردار وحشی - public

Feeding whole flax-seed, which is rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) of the n-3 family, decreased the secretion of PGF metabolite in cows (Petit et al., 2002) and similar findings were reported for cattle fed fish meal .... In vitro bovine embryos have greater concentrations of fatty acids than in vivo embryos (Shamsuddin and Rodriguez-Martinez, 1994), which might alleviate the effect of dietary fatty acids on oocyte quality and subsequent fertilization rate. ...
[original post by barbedwire]
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Industry Advisors Say It Is Time to Capture Direct, Maternal ...

He also manages his own herd of several hundred commercial cows. He summarized the matter this way: “It is time for many producers to design long-term, simplistic plans that capture maternal heterosis. I would not want to manage cattle ...
[original post by BEEF Magazine News Staff]
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Canadian animals barred from rodeo (Tiscali)

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - A U.S. ban on Canadian cattle, spurred by a lone case of mad cow disease, has had an unintended consequence -- bulls bred north of the border to toss cowboys around for eight seconds at a time have been shut out of rodeo’s biggest event.
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Holy cow, what’s Chrissie’s beef? (Times Online)

Sitting on the floor of a cattleshed, at the business end of a cow, Chrissie Hynde is trying to get to grips with a set of udders. “Are there four of them?” she shouts above the Hare Krishna devotional music blaring out of a CD player in the corner.
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Is It Time to Capture Direct, Maternal Heterosis?

Again referring to USMARC research, she said the calves of British-based cows and Continental or Bos indicus sires had significantly reduced rates of bovine respiratory disease (BRD). ... He also manages his own herd of several hundred commercial cows. He summarised the matter this way: “It is time for many producers to design long-term, simplistic plans that capture maternal heterosis. I would not want to manage cattle in any environment without that incredible value.” ...
[original post by unknown]
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11-19-09 *Limousin News* Industry Advisors Say It Is Time to ...

Again referring to USMARC research, she said the calves of British-based cows and Continental or Bos indicus sires had significantly reduced rates of bovine respiratory disease (BRD). ... I would not want to manage cattle in any environment without that incredible value.” The North American Limousin Foundation (www.nalf.org), headquartered in Centennial, Colo., provides programs and services – including genetic evaluation of 5000 active sires – to more than 4000 members ...
[original post by Brian Allmer]
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Missy the million dollar Holstein - Globe and Mail

... million, gaining her entrance to a pantheon of million-dollar North American cows that contained only five Holsteins before her. That makes three-year-old cow the new gold standard in an industry where bovine ... keeping better cattle. ” —
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Cattle Breeds: Industry Advisors Say It Is Time To Capture Direct, Maternal ... - CattleNetwork.com

Cattle Breeds: Industry Advisors Say It Is Time To Capture Direct, Maternal ...CattleNetwork.comAgain referring to USMARC research, she said the calves of British-based cows and Continental or Bos indicus sires had significantly reduced rates of bovine ...
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