When you think of Texas you think of football‚ the Alamo‚ oil‚ and BBQ‚ but do cattle feedlots also come to mind? Texas is one of the largest states in the nation and leads in producing cattle. According to TSHA (Texas State Historical Association) “By the mid-1980s Texas had also become the Number 1 cattle feeding state. The cattle-feeding industry annually contributes $12 billion dollars to the state’s economy.” A cattle feedlot can be defined as an area or building where livestock is fed and “fattened”
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The Black Angus also known as the Aberdeen Angus are one of the most high quality Purebreds in the cattle industry. They are a Bos Taurus and the origin of the Angus is northeastern‚ Scotland. The very first Angus cattle were imported into the U.S. in 1873 by a Kansas rancher named George Grant. This breed is all black and known worldwide for its marbling texture and eating qualities. The Angus even when given a small amount of food no matter the quality can still produce prime and choice grade meats
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groups‚ called Mercy for Animals‚ pulled back the curtains to reveal the truth about one of the largest dairy farms in America. Willet Dairy’s giant white barn may look alright on the outside‚ but Mercy for Animals opened the door to reveal the 7‚800 cattle being locked inside. In the beginning of the year 2009‚ an investigator that was linked to Mercy for Animals decided to become an employee and the Willet Dairy farm. Not only did he document the acts that he saw‚ but he also recorded the ones he could
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p3-23. 2. Unknown Author. Dairy Housing Management. Arnhem: Veepro Holland. p3-15. 3. Unknown Author. (2013). Ayrshire Cattle. Available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayrshire_cattle. Last accessed 27th Feb 2013. 4. Unknown Author. (2013). Holstein Cattle. Available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holstein_cattle. Last accessed 27th Feb 2013. 5. Unknown Author. (2013). Jersey Cattle. Available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_cattle. Last accessed 27th Feb 2013.
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In 2008‚ 9.3 millions cows were used to produce milk and more than 2.5 million dairy cows were slaughtered for meat in the United States. Cows are used for clothing‚ which is leather. Not many people know what they consume or wear in some cases. Humans should get more involved on what the slaughterhouse is capable of and what the cows go through. Cows deserves rights and these rights should abolish the cases with animal abuse. Slaughterhouses should not be permitted to be running. They’ve violated
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Upon arrival to the farm‚ students were led to a classroom where a presentation was given by the professor which covered basic cattle handling skills and safety techniques as demonstrated in videos from the University of Wisconsin. After the presentation‚ students were taken to the dairy cattle barn‚ where each group was assigned a cow to work with. Once in the dairy cattle barn‚ each student in the group was given an opportunity to work with the cow individually while being supervised‚ as well as
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goal‚ much like the feeling of being on a team. I for one am also very inclined to be outside and there is a lot of that on a dairy farm. Imagine the smell of fresh cut hay in the fields‚ the aroma of corn dust filling up your nose‚ and the sounds of cattle bellowing in the distance. These things may not seem all that appealing‚ but to me they remind me of home. They make me think of family and of hard work. It might sound odd‚ but they make me think fun. The smell of manure and of silage‚ the sound
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They say a real cowboy is the man taking care of his cattle and horses at 3 in the morning and in the freezing cold‚ before anything else. That saying pretty much says everything about my life. I may not be the kind of cowboy you expect‚ because I don’t have a horse. I do know how to lasso and I know my way around a cow just like a cowboy out west would. But the ways I’ve grown up doing have changed me into the man I am today. Since I was little I’ve been out around the cows. Some of my earliest
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1. The Detection of Pregnancy Associated Glycoproteins (PAG) in Routine Milk Recording Samples as an Indicator of Pregnancy in Dairy Cattle T.M.Byrem1‚ K. Velek2 & H.L. Pearse2 INTRODUCTION Accurate and timely detection of pregnancy in dairy cows is an essential component of any bovine reproductive management programme. Good reproductive performance has multiple financial benefits. Traditionally‚ pregnancy is determined through rectal palpation of the cow or by transrectal ultrasound
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characterized by rearing one or two low productive cattle. The landless dairy farmers mostly derive their income from working as agricultural labourers; they supplement their income with income generated from cattle rearing. The contribution of landless dairy farmers to the national milk production is quite substantial (Shukla and Brahmankar‚ 1996;De Leeuw et al.‚ 1999; Ahuja et al.‚ 2000; Datta‚ 2002). Realizing the potentiality of dairy cattle in improving the economy of resource poor people‚ especially
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