Source: University of Missouri Extension
Scott Poock
Extension Veterinarian, College of Veterinary Medicine
Jordan Thomas
Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences
Emily Smith
Graduate Research Assistant, Animal Sciences
An excellent herd health program is an important component of overall management for reproductive efficiency, as health can significantly impact...
Source: University of Minnesota
Quick facts
When you interrupt a cow that is calving, she will prioritize her own life and stop calving.
There are three stages to labor.
Stage 2 of labor begins with the appearance of the water...
Source: University of Kentucky, Darrh Bullock
Summary: Reproduction is typically a lowly heritable trait, but there are genetic practices that can help improve reproduction rates.
Introduction
Reproduction has a great impact on the profitability of beef cattle producers and is therefore an important consideration...
Source: South Dakota State University
by: Julie Walker, Professor & SDSU Extension Beef Specialist
Additional Authors: Matthew Diersen
Typically, replacement heifers are bred to calve earlier than mature cows. By conducting early pregnancy diagnosis, producers can make management decisions that impact herd...
Source: University of Missouri Extension
Scott Poock
Extension Veterinarian, College of Veterinary Medicine
Jordan Thomas
Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences
Emily Smith
Graduate Research Assistant, Animal Sciences
An excellent herd health program is an important component of overall management for reproductive efficiency, as health can significantly impact...
Source: Pennsylvania State University
Expected progeny differences (EPDs) have been applied to improve the genetics of beef cattle for almost four decades. Expected progeny differences are predictions of the genetic transmitting ability of a parent to its offspring and are...
Source: Alabama Cooperative Extension System
The success of a beef cow-calf operation depends on the number of calves produced and marketed each year. Fewer calves to market will reduce gross income and negatively affect profitability.
Reproductive performance can potentially increase or...
Source: Olds College
Researchers at the Technology Access Centre for Livestock Production (TACLP) at Olds College of Agriculture & Technology have performed two years of research that shows adopting handling acclimation procedures leads to heifers having a greater pregnancy rate —...
Source: Government of Manitoba
Providing adequate nutrition to your breeding herd saves on feed costs and maximizes reproductive performance. It's important to correlate optimum body condition scores (BCS) with the four main feeding stages in a cow's yearly production cycle.
Stage...
Source: EmGenisys news release
EmGenisys, Inc., an animal health company improving success rates of embryo transfer (ET) and in vitro fertilization (IVF) for cattle producers, announces open enrollment for EmVisionM .
EmVisionM analyzes the viability and health of embryos at the...