Source: Alberta Beef Producers
PROJECT NO.: FRG.02.15
LEAD RESEARCHER: Dr. Vern Baron (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
COLLABORATORS: Darren Bruhjell, Dr. Mike Schellenberg, Dr. Annie Claessens, Dr. Annick Bertrand, Julie Lajeunesse, Sharon Reedyk (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada), Grey Wooded Forage Association
Background:
Current varieties of...
Source: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Fact Sheet written by: Ron Lackey – Feed Ingredients and By-products Specialist/OMAFRA
Environmental Importance Of Nutritional Strategies
Adopting nutritional strategies to minimize the environmental impact of livestock production will be most effective when the...
Source: Beef Cattle Research Council
Project Title:
Identification of causal mutations located in distortion regions in beef cattle genome associated with bull and cow fertility and its links to feed efficiency
Researchers:
Angela Canovas Ph.D. acanovas@uoguelph.ca
Angela Canovas Ph.D., Katie Wood Ph.D., and Eduardo...
Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Hünerberg, M., Little, S.M., Beauchemin, K.A., McGinn, S.M., O'Connor, D., Okine, E.K., Harstad, O.M., Kröbel, R., and McAllister, T.A. (2014). "Feeding high concentrations of corn dried distillers' grains decreases methane, but increases nitrous oxide emissions...
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Micro-Aid® Liquid has been university researched and commercially proven as being effective in controlling noxious gasses (e.g. – ammonia, hydrogen sulfide ,etc.) and accelerating waste breakdown in storage systems, along with improving cleanup of building pens...
Source: Beef Farmers of Ontario
Executive Summary
In the cow-calf industry, minimizing calf morbidity and mortality is key to maximizing growth and performance of the calf crop until weaning. Ensuring each calf receives an adequate dose of high quality colostrum greatly...
Source: Alberta Beef Producers
PROJECT NO.: FRG.13.15
LEAD RESEARCHER: Dr. Akim Omokanye (Peace Country Beef and Forage Association)
COLLABORATORS: Liisa Vihvelin, Lekshmi Sreekumar (Peace Country Beef and Forage Association), Dianne Westerlund (Chinook Applied Research Association)
Background:
Pastureland accounts for 43% of total farm area...
Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Timsit, E., Workentine, M., Schryvers, A.B., Holman, D.B., Van Der Meer, F., and Alexander, T.W. (2016). "Evolution of the nasopharyngeal microbiota of beef cattle from weaning to 40 days after arrival at a feedlot.", Veterinary...
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Project Title:
Use of Low Dose e-Beam Irradiation to Reduce E. coli 0157:H7, Non-0157 (VTEC) E. coli and Salmonella Viability on Meat Surfaces
Researchers:
Richard Holley, Ph.D. rick_holley@umanitoba.ca
Richard Holley, Ph.D. (University of Manitoba) and Alex Gill, Ph.D. (Health Canada)
Background
Irradiation has been used...
Source: Beef Farmers of Ontario
Executive Summary
The goal of this work is to develop a method to stimulate immune responses in beef calves that are immunosuppressed by stress or viral infection, as a method to prevent bacterial pneumonia such as...
