Management Strategies for Sustainable Cattle Production in Southern Pastures

Management Strategies for Sustainable Cattle Production in Southern Pastures
Author: Monte Rouquette Jr.
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2019-08-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0128144750

Management Strategies for Sustainable Cattle Production in Southern Pastures is a practical resource for scientists, students, and stakeholders who want to understand the relationships between soil-plant interactions and pasture management strategies, and the resultant performance of cow-calf and stocker cattle. This book illustrates the importance of matching cattle breed types and plant hardiness zones to optimize cattle production from forages and pastures. It explains the biologic and economic implications of grazing management decisions made to improve sustainability of pastures and cattle production while being compliant with present and future environmental concerns and cattle welfare programs. - Documents the effects of cattle grazing on greenhouse gas emissions and carbon footprints - Discusses strategies to enhance soil fertility, soil health, and nutrient cycling in pastures - Provides information on the use of stocking rates, stocking strategies and grazing systems to optimize cow-calf production of weaned calves and stockers. - Presents innovations in cattle supplementation and watering systems to minimize negative impacts on water and soil health - Includes methods for weed control to maintain pasture condition and ecosystem stability - Describes management strategies to integrate cattle operations with wildlife sustainability

Biosecurity in Animal Production and Veterinary Medicine

Biosecurity in Animal Production and Veterinary Medicine
Author: Jeroen Dewulf
Publisher: CABI
Total Pages: 525
Release: 2019-12-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1789245680

Globally, the way the animal production industry copes with infectious diseases is changing. The (excessive) use of antimicrobials is under debate and it is becoming standard practice to implement thorough biosecurity plans on farms to prevent the entry and spread of pathogenic micro-organisms. Not only in farm animal production, but also in facilities where companion animals are kept, including in veterinary practices and clinics, awareness of the beneficial implications of a good biosecurity plan has raised. The book Biosecurity in Animal Production and Veterinary Medicine is the first compilation of both fundamental aspects of biosecurity practices, and specific and practical information on the application of the biosecurity measures in different animal production and animal housing settings.

Principles of Cattle Production, 3rd Edition

Principles of Cattle Production, 3rd Edition
Author: Clive J C Phillips
Publisher: CABI
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2018-11-02
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1786392704

Completely updated and revised, this new edition continues to provide an introductory level text for all interested in beef and dairy cattle production systems. It presents a vision for a cattle industry that contributes to the environment, to the welfare of cattle and to the provision of safe and high quality food.

Beef Cattle Production and Trade

Beef Cattle Production and Trade
Author: Lewis Kahn
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Total Pages: 894
Release: 2014-04-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0643109900

Beef Cattle Production and Trade covers all aspects of the beef industry from paddock to plate. It is an international text with an emphasis on Australian beef production, written by experts in the field. The book begins with an overview of the historical evolution of world beef consumption and introductory chapters on carcass and meat quality, market preparation and world beef production. North America, Brazil, China, South-East Asia and Japan are discussed in separate chapters, followed by Australian beef production, including feed lotting and live export. The remaining chapters summarise R&D, emphasising the Australian experience, and look at different production systems and aspects of animal husbandry such as health, reproduction, grazing, feeding and finishing, genetics and breeding, production efficiency, environmental management and business management. The final chapter examines various case studies in northern and southern Australia, covering feed demand and supply, supplements, pasture management, heifer and weaner management, and management of internal and external parasites.

Farm Animal Management: Principles And Practices

Farm Animal Management: Principles And Practices
Author: Rana Ranjit Singh
Publisher: New India Publishing Agency
Total Pages: 14
Release: 2014-01-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9383305037

Livestock rearing is an integral part of socio-economic framework of India since time immemorial. Livestock sub-sector being a vital component of agriculture sector, plays a multidimensional role and acts as a tool in achieving nutritional security, employment generation and socio-economic development of rural sector, particularly among the landless, small, marginal farmers and women. India possesses huge livestock population of varying production potentials, distributed across different agro-ecological zones under different operational and livestock holding size. Hence, it requires different package of practices for their management. Further, factors like drivers of development change and climate change pose many challenges to this sector. Farm animal management encompasses integrated and precise application of basic scientific principles of breeding, feeding, heeding and weeding in general as well as in times of specific need. Therefore, an attempt has been made in this book to cover all these basic and applied aspects of livestock management in detail. In the perspective of reorganization of the syllabus of veterinary science and animal husbandry programme. This book is appropriately divided into fifteen s covering almost each and every aspect of livestock production management.

Nutrition and Feeding of Organic Cattle, 2nd Edition

Nutrition and Feeding of Organic Cattle, 2nd Edition
Author: Robert Blair
Publisher: CABI
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2021-04-28
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1789245559

Organic cattle farming is on the increase, with consumer demand for organic milk and meat growing yearly. Beginning with an overview of the aims and principles behind organic cattle production, this book presents extensive information about how to feed cattle so that the milk and meat produced meet organic standards, and provides a comprehensive summary of ruminant digestive processes and nutrition. Since the publication of the first edition, global consumers have increasingly become concerned with the sustainability of meat production. Here, Robert Blair considers the interrelationships of sustainable practices and profitability of organic herds, reviewing how to improve forage production and quality, and minimizing the need for supplementary feeding using off-farm ingredients.

Improving Organic Animal Farming

Improving Organic Animal Farming
Author: Mette Vaarst
Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Series in Agric
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2019-02-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781786761804

This collection addresses recent research on challenges facing organic animal farming such as more targeted breeding, improved grazing and feed rations, better methods of health and disease management as well as ways of enhancing animal welfare.

The Lasater Philosophy of Cattle Raising

The Lasater Philosophy of Cattle Raising
Author: Laurence M. Lasater
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Total Pages: 90
Release: 1972
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

The role management. A sound breeding program. Disposition. Fertility. Weight. Conformation. Hardiness. Milk production. Bull power. Cow power. The feedlot industry. ACS - pronounced "AX". Suspension fences and gates. Taxation and land ownership. Origin of the beefmaster breed.

Principles of Cattle Production

Principles of Cattle Production
Author: Henry Swan
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Total Pages: 456
Release: 1976
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

The structure of the british cattle industry. Syncronisation of oestrus and ovulation in cattle. Multiple ovulation, egg transplantation towards twinning. The physiological interrelationship os reproduction, lactation and nutrition in the cow. The influence of the climatic environment on metabolism in cattle. Energy supply from the digestive tract of cattle. Protein sysnthesis in the rumen: Its implication in the feeding of non-protein nitrogen to ruminants. Energy utilisation in the body. Amino acid supply as a limiting factor in milk and muscle synthesis. Nutritional influencing the efficiency of energy utilisation by beef and dairy cattle. Meeting the energy and protein requirements of the growting animal. Plane of nutrition for the dairy cow. Factors influencing voluntary food intake in cattle. Utilisation of grassland by dairy cows. Beef from grass and forage crops. Conserved forage - complement or competitor to concentrates. Selection for milk and beef characteristics - collateral or independent? The genetic implications of selecting cattle for large size. Practical beef cattle improvement. The future - milk versus beef or milk and beef.

Cow Talk

Cow Talk
Author: Rebecca Doyle
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2015-02-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1486301622

The aim of this manual is to improve the welfare of dairy cattle in tropical developing countries, and by doing so, optimise cow and herd performance. It gives the stockmen and farmers directly concerned with the cattle a better understanding of animal behaviour and the ways cattle communicate their comfort or distress. The book discusses normal cattle behaviour and shows how domestication and breeding can affect behaviour to achieve high levels of production of milk, live weight gain and fertility. Animal welfare is important for producers because it can affect the health, production and contentment of cows. Animal welfare practices which adversely affect cow and herd performance on tropical small holder dairy farms are identified. Advice is then given to change the animal's environment or modify a handler's technique to ensure cattle have the degree of comfort needed to achieve more profitable and sustainable systems of livestock farming. Cow Talk will be a beneficial resource for farmers who want to improve animal welfare, farm advisers who can assist farmers to improve their welfare practices, educators who develop training programs for farmers and dairy advisers, and other stakeholders in tropical dairy production such as local agribusiness, policy makers and research scientists.