Beef Cattle Science Handbook, Vol. 20 [1 ed.] 9780367015329, 9780367115715, 9780429045189, 9780429725593, 9780429745607, 9780429705588, 9780367165192

Table of contents :

Preface -- Global and National Issues -- Applying Agricultural Science and Technology to World Hunger Problems -- Future Agricultural Policy Considerations that will Influence Livestock Producers -- Effective Ways for Livestock Producers to Influence the Policymaking Process: Practical Politics -- The Food Animal Residue Issue: Implications for Producers -- Facing the Facts in Getting Started as a Livestock Producer -- Energy Sources and Animal Wastes -- Photovoltaic Solar Power for Small Farm and Ranch Use -- Anaerobic Digestion of Beef and Dairy Manure for Energy and Feed Production -- Utilization of Cattle Manure for Fertilizer -- Information Channels and Institutional Structures -- Finding and Using Problem-Solving Technology and Information in Livestock Production -- Integrated Management: The Delivery Method for the Future -- The University Farm: What is Its Role in Animal Agriculture and How Do We Support It? -- Range, Grass, and Forage -- The Nature and Extent of Grazing Lands in the United States -- What is Good Range Management? -- Livestock Production in Sub-Saharan Africa: Pastoralists Caught in a Fragile Environment -- Strategies and Techniques for Production of Wildlife and Livestock on Western Rangelands -- Using Improved Grasses Profitably -- Our Experiences with Using Legumes Profitably -- Controlled Grazing and Power Fence(r) -- New Frontiers of Biology -- Genetic Engineering and Commercial Livestock Production -- The Potential of in Vitro Fertilization to the Livestock Industry -- Embryo Transfer, Microsurgery, and Frozen Embryo Banks in the Cattle Industry -- The Coming Technological Explosion in Beef Production -- Genetics and Selection: General Perspective -- The Reformation of the Bull -- Genetics and Beef Cattle Breeding Strategies -- Manipulation of Growth and Carcass Composition of Cattle -- Animal Genetic Resources and World Food Production -- Genetics and Selection for the Tropics and Subtropics -- Improvement of the Productivity of the Domestic Buffalo in Southeast Asia -- Genetic Attributes Required for Efficient Cattle Production in the Tropics -- Heterosis: Causes and Uses in Beef Cattle Breeding in Tropical Areas -- Genetic Improvement of Tropical Cattle -- Selection of Cattle for Hot Climates -- Brahmans and Their Influence on Beef Production in the United States -- Concepts of Cattle Breeding in Subtropical and Tropical Climates -- Genetics and Selection: African Perspectives -- Cattle Breeding in Tropical Africa -- Africander, Tswana, and Tuli Cattle of Southern Africa: Breed Characterization Separates Fact From Fiction -- Crossbreeding Indigenous East African Cattle with American Angus and Red Poll -- Trypanotolerant N`Dama and West African Shorthorn Cattle -- The Changing Beef Breed Scene: Adaptability and Functional Efficiency -- The Changing Beef Breed Scene: Growth Rate and Fertility -- Feed Levels, Fertility, and Reproductive Problems in Cattle -- Genetics and Selection: Application in the United States -- What is Next in Beef Breeding? -- Records in Herd Improvement and Merchandising -- Sire Evaluation for The Beef Cattle Industry -- Development and Utilization of A Beef Cattle Germ Plasm Composite -- Linear Measurements and Their Value to Cattlemen -- Beef Cattle Selection Opportunities for Net Merit -- Comparison of the Economics and Performance of "Auction Barn" Versus Performance-Selected Angus Females in the Production of Brahman x Angus F1 Cattle -- Reproduction -- Stages of the Birth Process and Causes of Dystocia in Cattle -- Correction of Dystocia Problems in Cattle -- Estrous Cycle Management of Dairy Cattle Using Lutalyse(r) Sterile Solution (PGF2a) -- Beef Cattle Reproduction and Management -- Making Effective use of Syncro-Mate-B -- Management of Artificial Insemination Based on Twenty-One Heat Detection Signs -- Application of Acupuncture in Treatment of Animal Infertility -- Cowherd Management and Cow Efficiency -- Marketing of Crop Residues Through A Beef Cow Herd -- Pounds Versus Profits: Size and Milk in Beef Cows -- Cattle Use for Profitable Resource Management in Humid Climates -- Herd Management for Optimum Efficiency -- Fitting Cow Size and Efficiency to Feed Supply -- Reducing Risk in Ranching -- Health and Veterinary Medicine -- Genetic Engineering of Animal Vaccines -- Foreign Animal Diseases of Concern to U.S. Stockmen -- Artificial Insemination, Fertilized Ova, and Disease Transmission -- Residual Viruses in Animal Products and by-Products -- Ethylenediamine Dihydriodide (EDDI) -- Advances in Control of Bovine Babesiosis (Texas Fever) -- Control of Cattle Schistosomiasis in China -- Management for Growing-Finishing Cattle -- Preconditioning: A Cattleman`s Responsibility -- Stress and Its Effects on Cattle -- Coccidiostats for Stressed Cattle -- Backgrounding Beef Cattle -- Do Intact Males Fit the Profitability Needs of Commercial Beef Producers? -- Bulls for Beef -- Chemical Castration: A Boon to Cattlemen -- Double Muscling: More and Better Beef -- Handling Transportation and Marketing -- Livestock Behavior and Psychology as Related to Handling and Welfare -- Transportation of Cattle by Truck and Rail -- Management of Stocker-Feeder Cattle During the Marketing Process -- Winter Weather, Cattle Performance, and Cattle Markets -- Using Technical Price Analysis Methods to Aid in Hedging Decisions -- Use of Futures Markets in Feedlot Management -- Computer Technology -- Microcomputer Usage in Agriculture -- Computerized Records and Decision Making -- Agnet and Other Computer Information Sources -- Application of Microcomputers in the Management of A Beef Cow Operation -- Facts for Cattle Feeders: Computer and Otherwise -- Nutrition Feeding and Growth Promotants -- New Methods for Calculating Ruminant Protein Needs -- Mineral Nutrition of Beef Cattle on Acid Infertile Soils of Tropical Regions in Latin America -- Ionophores: New Findings on Performance, Bloat, and Acidosis -- New Implant Strategies -- Ralgro(r) an Anabolic Agent to Increase Meat Production Worldwide -- Grain Processing: Alternatives to High-Energy Methods -- Understanding the Value of Beef Produced -- Meat and Meat Cookery -- The Contribution of Red Meat to the American Diet, Part I -- The Contribution of Red Meat to the American Diet, Part II -- Outdoor Meat Cookery for Small and Large Groups -- Cooking Meat for Maximum Eating Quality -- Meat Palatability as Affected by Nutrition of Animals -- Industry Trends, Economics, and Outlook -- Future Opportunities in the Beef Cattle Industry -- A Farmer`s Observations of Washington, D.C. -- Production Cost Comparisons Among Beef, Pork, and Chicken -- The Changing Profitability and Efficiency of High Plains and Corn Belt Feedlots -- Beef Exports and Imports: Current Situation and Outlook -- Economic Outlook for the Livestock Industry -- Other Winrock International Studies -- Other Books of Interest from Winrock International