Internal parasites prevalent in California's beef cattle

Impact of Internal Parasites on Beef Cattle 1

Internal parasitism is a pervasive constant that reduces returns in beef cattle production. Parasitism may influence production sufficiently so that data derived investigating performance response will be erroneous. The interaction of internal parasites of cattle with other facets of their lives makes it imperative that more parasite research be done on cattle to consider their impact. Results ...

Evaluation of Horn Flies and Internal Parasites with Growing Beef Cattle Grazing Bermudagrass Pastures

The cow-calf production system is the primary beef cattle enterprise in the southeastern United States. A high percentage of calves produced in this region are sold at weaning to stocker operators who carry them through the growing or stockering phase in other sections of the country. Higher forage production due to the relatively long growing seasons, adequate rainfall and soils that readily r...

Dwarfism In Beef Cattle.

tongue, (3) apparent muscular weakness, (4) incoordinated movement, and (5) proportionally short legs. The length of forecannon has proved to be the most accurate method of identifying the living dwarf calf at birth. Genetic studies were made to learn if dwarfism in beef cattle was inherited or if it was caused by faulty nutrition. In these genetic studies, cows that had previously dropped dwar...

Calving Difficulty in Beef Cattle

Embryo Transfer in Beef Cattle

Embryo transfer is a multi-step process that involves the production and collection of preimplantation embryos from genetically superior females (called donors) and the subsequent transfer of the harvested embryos into reproductively healthy females (called recipients) for the purpose of establishing pregnancies and producing live offspring. The first successful embryo transfer in mammals was p...