185 Strategies for managing open beef cows

Strategies for Managing Marbling in Beef Cattle

The objective of this paper is to review strategies that are known to enhance the level of marbling in beef. Research has demonstrated that marbling contributes significantly to beef’s eating quality—primarily to flavor and juiciness—but also to tenderness. Furthermore, a recent study showed that consumers are willing to pay 50% more for well-marbled USDA Prime grade steaks than for lesser-marb...

Magnesium for Gestating Beef Cows

T HREE experiments were conducted with eight gestating Angus cows to study the effects of feeding different magnesium levels at 145,200 and 255 days gestation. Each trial consisted of a S-day adjustment period and a 10-day experimental period. The average daily magnesium intake for the cows fed the basal ration was 3.4 grams. Supplemental magnesium was added at levels of 0, 4.1, 8.2 and 16.4 g ...

Monensin for Range Beef Cows

in the last. Bermuda hay made up a large part of the total dry matter intake during the last 47 days of the trial. Daily intake of protein should have been very adequate in the early part of the test, but would have declined to marginal levels during the last 56 days due to the weather related failure to grow green forage. The overall response to providing 200 mg. of monensin to cattle grazing ...

Fat Supplementation for Beef Cows

Adult’s Learning Strategies for Receptive Skill Self-managing or Teacher-managing

Receptive language skill refers to answering appropriately to another person's spoken language. A lot of teachers try to develop receptive language skills in their language learners. When receptive language skills are not appropriately acquired, learners may miss significant learning opportunities resulting in delays in the development and acquisition of spoken language. The goals of this paper...