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Beef Management
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Seedstock Producers | Cow/calf producers who produce breeding stock for purebred or commercial operations |
| Cow/Calf Operations | Generally use purebred breeding stock in crossbreeding programs to produce commercial offspring |
| Stocker Operations | Purchase weanling calves from cow/calf producers and feed them out on pasture land |
| Feedlots | Segment of the beef cattle industry; sole purpose and feed and fatten cattle |
| Beef Packers | Harvest finished cattle which are purchased from feedlots and other outlets |
| Flight Zone | Cattle's safety zone |
| Nutrition | Science which deals with food and effects on health |
| Rations | Mixture of feedstuffs which provide a balanced diet containing high amounts of energy and protein needed for optimum growth of an animal |
| Concentrates | Feeds high i energy and low in fiber |
| Roughages | Feeds high in fiber |
| Ruminants | Animals with a four compartment stomach |
| Expected Progeny Differences (EPD) | Number estimate of breeding potential for characteristics, such as gain, muscling and maternal and carcass life |
| Body Condition Score | Number in which describes the level of flesh or fat an animal possesses |
| Estrus (Standing Heat) | Regularly occurring state of sexual receptivity during which a female will accept a male; when ovulation take place |
| Gestation | Period of pregnancy in animals; time from conception to birth |
| Parturition | Process of giving birth |
| Dystocia | Trouble giving birth |
| Colostrum | Filled with antibodies; paves the road for the future health, immunity and survival of offspring |
| Castration | Removal of the testicles of a male animal |