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Koehler, Daniela. "Cloning in Cattle." Diss., lmu, 2009. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-99159.
Full textMcMillan, Allison. "Dairy cattle grouping /." Click here to view, 2009. http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/dscisp/7.
Full textProject advisor: Edwin Jaster. Title from PDF title page; viewed on Jan. 21, 2010. Includes bibliographical references. Also available on microfiche.
Irrgang, Nora [Verfasser]. "Horns in cattle - implications of keeping horned cattle or not / Nora Irrgang." Kassel : Universitätsbibliothek Kassel, 2013. http://d-nb.info/1037445961/34.
Full textHalami, Mohammad Yahya. "Circovirus Infection in Cattle." Doctoral thesis, Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2014. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-155666.
Full textTheurer, Miles E. "Objective monitoring of cattle." Diss., Kansas State University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/32794.
Full textDepartment of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology
Robert L. Larson
Bradley J. White
There are multiple modalities available to evaluate health or stress status of animals. The objective of my research was to evaluate different modalities including behavior, rectal and nasal temperature, and blood samples to determine the relationship with these outcomes of interest in bovine respiratory disease (BRD) events, environmental conditions, transportation, and Mannheimia haemolytica challenge model. The objective for the final project was to determine whether diagnostic sensitivity or specificity resulted in greater economic value for the industry using simulation models for identification of BRD. There was a positive association with rectal temperature and probability of not finishing the production cycle normally, but this relationship was not linear. Rectal temperature of feedlot calves at first treatment for BRD had limited value as a prognostic indicator of whether those calves would finish the production cycle normally. A positive association between rectal temperature and ambient temperature and temperature-humidity index was determined. Environmental conditions must be considered when rectal temperature is used as a diagnostic tool. At 48 hours after initiation of transportation there were no differences in body weight, rectal temperature, and time spent at various locations in the pen detected between transported and non-transported control heifers. Transportation of heifers during periods of high ambient temperatures caused transient changes in physiologic and behavioral indices of heifers. Calves challenged with Mannheimia haemolytica had more changes in behavior, body weight, and blood biomarkers during high ambient temperatures compared to control calves. Results of this study may guide research in development of objective assessment tools for identification and management of cattle affected with BRD during extreme summer conditions. For both low and high apparent prevalence cohorts, increasing diagnostic specificity resulted in more rapid, positive change in net returns compared to change in increasing sensitivity. Improvement of diagnostic specificity, perhaps through a confirmatory test or pen-level diagnostics, can increase diagnostic value. Mortality risk was the primary driver for net returns. Results from this study are important for determining future research priorities to analyze diagnostic techniques for BRD and provide a novel way for modeling diagnostic tests.
Wright, Ashley D. "Clostridial Diseases of Cattle." College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/625416.
Full textVaccinating for clostridial diseases is an important part of a ranch health program. These infections can have significant economic impacts on the ranch due to animal losses. There are several diseases caused by different organisms from the genus Clostridia, and most of these are preventable with a sound vaccination program. Many of these infections can progress very rapidly; animals that were healthy yesterday are simply found dead with no observed signs of sickness. In most cases treatment is difficult or impossible, therefore we rely on vaccination to prevent infection. The most common organisms included in a 7-way or 8-way clostridial vaccine are discussed below. By understanding how these diseases occur, how quickly they can progress, and which animals are at risk you will have a chance to improve your herd health and prevent the potential economic losses that come with a clostridial disease outbreak.
Kingdon, Lorraine B. "Computers, Cattle and Crops." College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/295614.
Full textScharf, Bradley A. Spiers Donald E. "Comparison of thermoregulatory mechanisms in heat sensitive and tolerant breeds of Bos taurus cattle." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5689.
Full textBeatty, David Thomas. "Prolonged and continuous heat stress in cattle: physiology, welfare, and electrolyte and nutritional interventions." Thesis, Beatty, David Thomas (2005) Prolonged and continuous heat stress in cattle: physiology, welfare, and electrolyte and nutritional interventions. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2005. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/258/.
Full textBeatty, David Thomas. "Prolonged and continuous heat stress in cattle : physiology, welfare, and electrolyte and nutritional interventions /." Beatty, David Thomas (2005) Prolonged and continuous heat stress in cattle: physiology, welfare, and electrolyte and nutritional interventions. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2005. http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/258/.
Full textMartin, Brandon Ray. "Pyrolysis and ignition behavior of coal, cattle biomass, and coal/cattle biomass blends." [College Station, Tex. : Texas A&M University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1148.
Full textJung, Jens. "Foraging behaviour in cattle : suckling, begging and grazing in tropical and European cattle /." Skara : Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences (Sveriges lantbruksuniv.), 2001. http://epsilon.slu.se/avh/2001/91-576-5943-5.pdf.
Full textAfolayan, Raphael Abiodun. "Genetics of growth and development in cattle." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 2003. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09pha2579.pdf.
Full textSchmulian, Amy. "Identification of the polled trait in Bonsmara cattle using microsatelite markers." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2005. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08042008-131606.
Full textKoontz, Stephen R. "Interaction between the cattle feeding sector and the live cattle futures market: implications to the stability of short-run cash slaughter cattle prices." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/50036.
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Fox, Shannon. "Worker injuries involving the interaction of cattle, cattle handlers, and farm structures or equipment." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/13167.
Full textDepartment of Animal Sciences and Industry
J. Ernest Minton
Mitchell Ricketts
Cattle and other livestock have been identified as leading sources of injuries to workers in agriculture. Cattle handling injuries can be serious and often appear to be under-reported [superscript]3,[superscript]4. Many of these injuries involve predictable patterns of interactions among victims, animals, and fixed farmstead structures or gates. There has been some progress toward developing safer facility designs and work procedures, but continuing reports of injuries suggest further efforts are still needed. The present study focused on worker injuries that involved the interaction of three elements: (a) cattle, (b) cattle handlers, and (c) farm structures or equipment—including swinging gates and stationary barriers. The goal of the study was to identify opportunities for injury prevention. The source of injury cases was the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS)[superscript]29,[superscript]45. We believe this is the first report of cattle related injuries based on NEISS data. We selected the NEISS database for this investigation because it includes product codes for many farmstead barriers such as fences, walls, and doors. The database was also selected because it contains brief narratives that help to describe the circumstances of each incident. Predictable interactions between humans, animals, and farm structures led to many of the cattle handling injuries reported in the NEISS database. In almost 30% of cases, cattle pushed workers into structures such as fences, gates, posts, and walls. In another 16-19% of injuries, cattle struck gates and other objects, propelling them at the victims. These percentages are similar to findings reported in previous studies that drew on data from New York hospitals[superscript]10, news reports in the central United States[superscript]5, and workers compensation cases in Colorado[superscript]3,[superscript]4. In all, gates and other physical barriers contributed to about 45% of cattle handling injuries in the present study.
Pelly, Robert A. "An investigation of options pricing models for live cattle and feeder cattle futures contracts /." The Ohio State University, 1989. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487672245902611.
Full textMoore-Crawford, Cassandra Marie. "Maternal investment in domestic cattle." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/2435.
Full textThesis research directed by: Animal Sciences. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
Mamadatokhonova, Guldasta. "Detection of adenoviruses in cattle /." Uppsala : Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2006. http://epsilon.slu.se/10573858.pdf.
Full textWang, Wei. "Plasminogen polymorphism in dairy cattle." Thesis, McGill University, 1994. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=26174.
Full textRandle, Hayley. "Adoption and personality in cattle." Thesis, University of Exeter, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.260721.
Full textWatts, Sarah. "Aspects of analgesia in cattle." Thesis, Royal Veterinary College (University of London), 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.412147.
Full textVan, Bibber-Krueger Cadra. "Mineral supplementation of feedlot cattle." Diss., Kansas State University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/32646.
Full textDepartment of Animal Sciences and Industry
James S. Drouillard
Four studies evaluated effects of mineral supplementation on feedlot performance, carcass characteristics and ruminal fermentation of finishing cattle. Study 1 supplemented 0 or 3.3 g/d yeast combined with Cr propionate to steers separated into light and heavy groups. No treatment x weight group interactions were observed for ADG, DMI, final BW, carcass traits, or plasma glucose of lactate concentrations (P ≥ 0.06). A treatment x weight group interaction was observed for G:F (P = 0.03). In study 2, steers were supplemented 60 or 300 mg Zn/kg DM with or without zilpaterol hydrochloride (ZH). No interactions or effects of Zn or ZH were observed for IGF-1, plasma glucose, or lactate concentrations (P > 0.05). Plasma urea nitrogen (PUN) concentration decreased with ZH (P < 0.01). No interactions or effects of Zn or ZH were detected for ADG, DMI, final BW, G:F, and carcass traits were minimally affected (P ≥ 0.05). Study 3 evaluated effects of supplementing 30 or 100 mg Zn/kg DM (30 or 100Zn) with and without ractopamine hydrochloride (RH; 200 mg/d). No interactions or effects of Zn were observed for feedlot performance or PUN (P ≥ 0.07). Final BW, ADG, and HCW increased when heifers were fed RH (P ≤ 0.02). Zinc x RH interactions were observed for LM area and yield grade (P ≤ 0.01), but other carcass traits were not affected (P ≥ 0.08). In study 4, heifers were supplemented 0, 30, 60, or 90 mg Zn/kg DM. Zinc supplementation did not affect final BW, ADG, or DMI (P ≥ 0.07), but G:F increased linearly (P = 0.02). Carcass traits were not affected by Zn supplementation (P ≥ 0.07). Effects of in vitro Zn titration (0, 30, 60, 60, 90, 120, or 150 mg/kg Zn) were evaluated using ground corn and soybean meal as substrate. In vitro fermentation was not affected by added Zn (P ≥ 0.05). These studies suggest Cr and Zn supplementation minimally affected carcass traits, but Zn supplementation up to 60 mg/kg improved feed efficiency with minimal impact on ruminal fermentation. Supplementing increased Zn concentrations may alter fat and muscle deposition when fed with RH.
Beerstecher, Shan. "Witzieshoek : women, cattle and rebellion." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21177.
Full textThis study focusses on the 1950 Witzieshoek rebellion from a gender perspective. It examines the context within which the rebellion occurred, spanning a period from 1930 to 1950 and looks at the impact of the rebellion on the state. The years leading up to the Witzieshoek rebellion were characterized by crisis as the government struggled to maintain authority over the African masses in general and African women in particular. Witzieshoek residents had to contend with growing deterioration of resources, migration and the implementation of a betterment programme. These had a differential impact on men and women in the reserve, leading to a loss of power in male authority structures and increasing autonomy for women. This fed into and moulded the development of a culture of resistance in the community which exploded in 1950 when the majority of the inhabitants revolted against the Native Affairs Department and the Trust. The Witzieshoek rebellion was a desperate bid to return to older and more familiar ways of organization which had been based on the productive and reproductive capacity of women. The men and women who rebelled were denouncing the organization of the community on Trust and Departmental terms. The response of the state to the rebellion was to appoint a Commission of Enquiry. The Commission, operating at a time when 'native' policy was being fiercely debated, was unable to offer the kind of solutions that Nationalist Party policy would eventually demand. Both the rebellion and the Commission of Enquiry failed to bring about any meaningful change to the conditions in Witzieshoek.
McKendree, Melissa Gale Short. "Essays on beef cattle economics." Diss., Kansas State University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/35798.
Full textDepartment of Agricultural Economics
Glynn T. Tonsor
The U.S. beef industry is comprised of multiple, vertically connected segments. Beginning at the cow-calf level, cattle move through the industry to backgrounding/stocker operations, feedlots, and then to beef packers. The beef produced then continues to move through the marketing channel from beef packers to wholesalers and on to multiple final consumer outlets. Each level of the beef industry has both distinct and related economic issues. This dissertation contains three essays on beef cattle economics. Essay 1 focuses on price and animal health risk management at the feedlot level. Essays 2 and 3 explore how upstream demand changes impact primary beef suppliers. The objective of Essay 1 is to determine if feedlot operators manage price risk and animal health risk as two separate and independent risks or if they manage them jointly. The animal health attribute of interest is purchasing feeder steers from a single known source versus an auction with unknown background. The output price risk mitigation tools are futures contracts, forward contracts, other, and accept cash price at time of sale. Primary data is collected using an online survey administered to feedlot operators. Participants are placed in forward looking, decision making scenarios utilizing a split-sample block design. Evidence of a relationship between animal health risk and output price risk management is mixed. Ricardian rent theory (RRT) is tested in Essay 2 to determine if complete pass-through occurs from fed cattle and corn prices to feeder cattle prices. Monthly price data from December 1995 to December 2016 is used. Based on RRT, surplus rents should pass through the market to the holder of the scarcest resource. In cattle markets, feeder calves are the scarcest, widely traded resource and thus gains and losses at the feedlot theoretically pass-through to feeder cattle prices. The hypothesized pass-through rates suggested by RRT is calculated using monthly production data from the Focus on Feedlots data series. The regression pass-through estimates are tested against the hypothesized RRT pass-through. In many models, the estimated pass-through rate is statistically greater than the RRT hypothesized pass-through rate. Thus, when fed cattle or corn prices change, these changes are more than fully passed to cow-calf producers through the feeder cattle price. Evidence is found of asymmetric pass-through during times of herd expansion versus contraction. Essay 3 provides a quantification of how changes in retail and export beef demand are transmitted to different members of the beef industry. Understanding how information is transmitted from primary consumer demand through the supply chain is key for long-term prosperity of the U.S. cattle industry. However, empirical applications quantifying how demand signals are transmitted through vertically connected industries are limited. Using both naïve and forward looking price expectations, a four equation system of inverse demand and supply equations for live and feeder cattle is estimated. Using retail and export beef demand indices, the impacts of 1% change in retail or export demand on live cattle and feeder cattle prices are quantified.
Tortosa, Christina Suzanne. "Reproductive diseases of dairy cattle /." Click here to view, 2009. http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/dscisp/6.
Full textProject advisor: Edwin Jaster. Title from PDF title page; viewed on Jan. 21, 2010. Includes bibliographical references. Also available on microfiche.
Roxström, Anki. "Genetic aspects of fertility and longevity in dairy cattle /." Uppsala : Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences (Sveriges lantbruksuniv.), 2001. http://epsilon.slu.se/avh/2001/91-576-5812-9.pdf.
Full textHecht, Genevieve Sue Kriese-Anderson Lisa A. "Evaluation of feed efficiency traits with post-weaning growth and ultrasound traits in central test bulls." Auburn, Ala., 2007. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/2007%20Fall%20Theses/Hecht_Genevieve_1.pdf.
Full textMcHughes, Courtney Elizabeth Prather Randall S. "Identification and quantification of differentally represented transcripts in preimplantation bovine embryos." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5020.
Full textGaughan, John Beckley. "Respiration rate and rectal temperature responses of feedlot cattle in dynamic, thermally challenging environments /." St. Lucia, Qld, 2002. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe16104.pdf.
Full textNennich, Tamilee Dawn. "Characterization of manure excretion and environmental impacts of nutrient management in dairy production systems." Online access for everyone, 2004. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Dissertations/Fall2004/T%5FNennich%5F112204.pdf.
Full textMorton, John. "Determinants of reproductive performance of dairy cows in commercial herds in Australia /." Connect to thesis, 2004. http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00000608.
Full textDrake, Dawn M. "Connections between mastitis and climate a study of holsteins on pasture in Northampton County, Pennsylvania /." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file, 186 p, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1597631411&sid=43&Fmt=2&clientId=8331&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
Full textThompson, Lori Nell. "The effects of Ascophyllum nodosum for alleviation of heat stress in cattle /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p1421163.
Full textDavis, Michael Patrick Kerley Monty Stephen. "Influence of diet, production traits, blood hormones and metabolites, and mitochondrial complex protein concentrations on residual feed intake in beef cattle." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/7034.
Full textKruk, Zbigniew Antoni. "Genetic and non-genetic factors affecting carotenoid concentration in cattle tissues : a thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Adelaide in the Department of Animal Science." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 2001. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phk94.pdf.
Full textZheng, Jianze. "Use of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for studying centromere organization and centric fusions in cattle." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1998. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09A/09az63.pdf.
Full textYao, Ping. "Quantitative trait loci mapping and candidate gene analysis for growth and carcass traits on two bovine chromosomes." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4576.
Full textThe entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on May 7, 2009) Includes bibliographical references.
Vanek, Joseph Keith. "The economic value of carcass traits, and their differences across bull sales." Thesis, Montana State University, 2007. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2007/vanek/VanekJ1207.pdf.
Full textDitcham, William. "The development of recombinant vaccines against Jembrana disease." Thesis, Ditcham, William (2007) The development of recombinant vaccines against Jembrana disease. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2007. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/438/.
Full textDitcham, William. "The development of recombinant vaccines against Jembrana disease." Ditcham, William (2007) The development of recombinant vaccines against Jembrana disease. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2007. http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/438/.
Full textMoraka, Joseph Ntlhoki. "Comparative study on the biological performance of progenies of Western Sanga x Afrikaner and Bonsmara cattle in the sourish mixed bushveld of the North West Province." Thesis, Port Elizabeth Technikon, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/21.
Full textFitzgerald, Tracey. "The effect of long-term supplementation with biotin on lameness, milk production and reproductive performance in pasture fed dairy cows /." [St Lucia, Qld.], 2001. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe16283.pdf.
Full textBader, Jonathan F. "Management practices to optimize reproductive efficiency in primiparous and multiparous suckled beef cows /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p1418002.
Full textStarbuck, Melanie J. "Factors affecting reproductive efficiency of cattle." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2005. https://eidr.wvu.edu/etd/documentdata.eTD?documentid=4301.
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Petrov, Ryan. "The microclimate of Australian cattle feedlots." University of Southern Queensland, Faculty of Engineering and Surveying, 2007. http://eprints.usq.edu.au/archive/00003191/.
Full textRodríguez, José Eduardo. "Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis in Angus cattle." [Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University], 2006.
Find full textBaum, Kristen A. "Air emissions measurements at cattle feedlots." Thesis, Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/775.
Full textFoulds, A. "The amino acid requirements of cattle." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.482883.
Full textSloane, Julia Yvette. "Molecular epidemiology of Arcobacter in cattle." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.533924.
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