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Beef Cattle Practice
Advanced Animal Science
Term | Definition |
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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 is to 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 its 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 in 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 traits. |
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 females will accept a male; when ovulation takes 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. |