Beef cattle management practices vocab – Flashcards
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Seedstock producers
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Cow/calf producers who produce breeding stock for purebred or commercial operation
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Cow/ calf operations
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Generally use purebred breeding stock in crossbreeding programs to produce commercial offspring
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Stocker operations
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Purchase weaning calves from cow/calf producers and feed them out on pasture land
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Feedlots
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Segment of the beef cattle industry with the sole purpose to feed and fatten cattle
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Beef packers
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Harvest finished cattle which are purchased from feedlots and other outlets
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Flight zone
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Cattles safety zone
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Nutrition
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Science which deals with food and its effects on health
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Rations
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Mixture of feed stuffs which provide a balanced diet containing high amounts of energy and protein needed for optimum growth of an animal
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Concentrates
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Feeds high in energy and low in fiber
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Roughages
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Feeds high in fiber ruminants animals with 4 compartment stomachs
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Expected progeny difference (EPD)
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Number estimate of breeding potential for characteristics such as gain muscling as maternal and carcass traits
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Body conditions score
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Number which describes the level of flesh or fat an animal possesses
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Estrus standing heat
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Regularly occurring state of sexual receptivity during which female will accept a male ovulation takes place
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Gestation
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Period of pregnancy in animals from time of conception to birth
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Parturition
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Process of giving birth
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Dystocia
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Trouble giving birth
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Colostrum
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Filled with antibodies paved road for future health immunity and survival of offspring
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Castration
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Removal of testicals of male animal
