The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of very early weaning of calves in cull cows on nutritional quality of meat. Two treatments were assayed: cull cows with very early, thirty days, weaned calves (CVEW) and cull cows with traditionally, seven months, weaned calves (CTW). Cows with very early weaned calves were grazed on pasture, meanwhile cows with traditional weaning were gra...

A 2 x 2 factorial study evaluated effects of cow wintering system and last trimester CP supplementation on performance of beef cows and steer progeny over a 3-yr period. Pregnant composite cows (Red Angus x Simmental) grazed winter range (WR; n = 4/yr) or corn residue (CR; n = 4/yr) during winter and within grazing treatment received 0.45 kg/d (DM) 28% CP cubes (PS; n = 4/yr) or no supplement (...

An analytic epidemiological survey was carried out in France to better assess the circumstances for subclinical Salmonella contamination of fattening pigs. A cohort study was carried out from November 2000 to October 2001. 105 French farrow-to-finish pig farms were included in this study. In each herd, a batch of contemporary pigs was followed from the end of the postweaning phase up to slaught...

BACKGROUND Functional status (FS) before intensive care unit (ICU) admission is associated with short-term and long-term outcomes among critically ill patients. However, measures of FS are generally not integrated into ICU-specific mortality prediction models. METHODS This retrospective cohort study used prospectively collected data from 9638 consecutive patients admitted to a single ICU betw...

Functional additives, such as autolyzed yeasts, have been used to achieve greater production efficiency and animal health. These compounds are also alternatives the use of performance-enhancing antimicrobials. The objective was evaluate productive performance, ingestive behavior, apparent digestibility feed DM carcass characteristics beef steers finished in feedlot receiving yeasts diet. experi...

Corn processing techniques differ in their effects on feedlot performance and carcass characteristics of finishing cattle. Capacity of a feedlot (critical mass) can dictate which processing method is most feasible economically due primarily to fixed costs for equipment. The local and regional corn pricing basis and availability of other ration ingredients also can influence which corn processin...

The New Zealand farmer who breeds pigs tends to place either too much emphasis upon the value of pasture, with rather dire effects, or too little, with the result that he deprives himself of a valuable addition to his basic feed supply. In this paper an attempt will be made to assess the value of pasture in the New Zealand pig keeping economy over the whole production cycle from the mating of t...

The loss of body water of eight sows in the 7 d following weaning was determined using the deuterium oxide dilution technique. Four of the sows had received a concentrate diet in restricted amounts while the other four had been given the same diet mixed with two-thirds its weight of oat husks ad lib. during the whole of the preceding lactation. Certain blood and urine constituents were also mea...