Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/
Feed costs represent up to 70% of the production costs in a beef operation and it only makes sense that feed efficient cattle should be more profitable. Residual Feed Intake, or RFI is a trait...
Source: Virginia Tech, Scott P. Greiner, Extension Animal Scientist, Virginia Tech
The economic climate of today's beef business is challenging. Commercial cow-calf producers are faced with optimizing a number of economically important traits, while simultaneously reducing costs of production in order...
Source: University of Idaho
The Livestock Genetics and Phenotypic Trait Research laboratory utilizes the best molecular tools towards a better understanding of the genetically mediated regulation of economically important traits in livestock species including; beef cattle, dairy cattle and sheep....
Source: University of Saskatchewan, Chris Jermey
Today’s consumers want more from their food, and the beef and dairy industries are constantly striving to meet these demands. As more companies market their food as “natural” — raised without additional use of...
Source: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Selecting which breed of bull to buy when there are over 70 different beef breeds to choose from has always been a difficult decision. However the last few years has seen...
Source: Genome Alberta, Geoff Geddes
“Vim and vigour” is a welcome addition to any event. For Genome Alberta researchers, however, it was the chance to share the wonders of EnVigour HX™ with producers that made the 3rd Annual Canadian Beef Industry...
Source: Select Sires news release
Select Sires is proud to partner with CowManager, the leading cow monitoring company, to introduce Fertility Insights. New data integration capabilities within the CowManager system accelerate cow fertility insights and have been designed to collect,...
Source: BMC Veterinary Research
Abstract
Background
In a beef cattle facility an outbreak of abortions occurred over a 36-day period and included samples from two aborted (non-viable) fetuses and 21 post-abortion clinical cases. There are numerous etiologies, including clinical listeriosis. At the...
Source: Beef Cattle Research Council, www.BeefResearch.ca
No two beef operations in Canada are exactly the same. Factors such as climate, terrain, forage production, management style and marketing schemes will dictate the type of cattle that will perform best in your...
Source: Government of Canada
Citation: Ekine-Dzivenu, C., Vinsky, M., Basarab, J.A., Aalhus, J.L., Dugan, M.E.R., Li, C. (2017). Phenotypic and genetic correlations of fatty acid composition in subcutaneous adipose tissue with carcass merit and meat tenderness traits in Canadian beef...