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• Assessment of Weaning Management on Growth Performance and Health in Southeastern Beef Calves
• Effect of Heifer Percent Mature Body Weight at Breeding on Heifer Performance, Calf Production, and Subsequent Pregnancy Rates
• Effects of Low-Stress Weaning on Calf Growth Performance and Carcass Characteristics
• Bovine Respiratory Disease during the Mid-Portion of the Feeding Period: Observations of Frequency, Timing, and Population from the Field
• Bovine Respiratory Disease: Observations from Vaccination History
• Breed and Heterosis Effects for Growth and Carcass Traits in Cattle
• Breeding Cost for Artificial Insemination vs. Natural Service
• Calving vs. Time of Feeding
• Comparison of Timed Artificial Insemination vs. Modified Estrus Detection Protocol in Beef Heifers
• Differences in Lifetime Productivity of Beef Heifers that Conceived to AI or Clean-up Bulls as a Yearling
• Does Increased Milk Production in Beef Cows Increase Cow-Calf Productivity?
• Does Rectal Palpation Effect Pregnancy Loss?
• Economic Analysis of Cow Longevity
• Economics of Estrous Synchronization and Timed Artificial Insemination in Beef Cows
• Economics of Rebreeding Non-Pregnant Females
• Effect of Band and Knife Castration of Beef Calves of Different Ages
• Effect of Castration Timing on Growth Performance and Carcass Quality of Beef Calves
• Effect of Calf Weaning Age on Cow Performance
• Effect of Cow Body Size on Calf Weaning Weight
• Effect of Calving Distribution on Beef Cattle Progeny Performance
• Effect of Corn- and Soybean Hull-Based Creep Feeds and Backgrounding Diets on Lifelong Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Beef Calves
• Effect of Diet Fed to Beef Cows before Calving on Feedlot Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Progeny
• Effect of Cow Size and Age on Economic Beef Production
• Effect of Dam Age on Offspring Productivity
• Effect of Drought on Weaning Weight and Efficiency Relative to Cow Size in Semiarid Rangeland
• Effect of Early Weaning on Cow Performance
• Effect of Hay Feeding Methods on Cow Performance
• Effect of Milk Production in Beef Cows on Post-Weaning Performance of Their Progeny
• Effect of Suckling Calf Implant on Weaning Weight and Subsequent Feedlot Performance
• Effect of Suckling Phase Implants on Weaning Weight, and Post-Weaning Performance of Steer Calves
• Effects of Acclimation to Handling on Performance of Brahman-crossbred Females
• Effects of Alternate Day Feeding of Hay and Distiller's Grains on Beef Cow Performance
• Effects of Alternative Weaning Methods on Behavior and Performance of Beef Calves
• Effects of Body Condition and Late Gestation DDGS Supplementation on Cow Performance
• Effects of Body Condition and Late Gestation Supplementation on Cow and Calf Performance
• Effects of Body Condition on Performance of Beef Cows Grazing Different Forages
• Effects of Breeding System (Natural Service vs. Artificial Insemination) on Reproduction in Commercial Beef Cow Herds
• Effects of Dietary Energy Density and Intake Restriction on Maintenance Energy Requirements of Beef Cows
• Effects of Energy Supplementation Frequency and Forage Quality on Performance and Reproductive Responses of Replacement Beef Heifers
• Effects of Frequency of Dried Distillers Grains Supplementation on Cattle Performance
• Effect of Level of Supplemental Protein and Interval Feeding on Utilization of Low-Quality Forage
• Effects of Maternal Nutrition on Progeny Performance
• Effects of Quality Defects on Market Beef Cow Selling Prices
• Effects of Ralgro at Branding and Revalor-G at Weaning on Growth Performance of Steer Calves
• Effect of Timing of Deworming on Response to Vaccination in Calves
• Effects of Trace Mineral Source on Cow Productivity
• Effects of Trace Mineral Source on Bull and Heifer Development
• Evaluating Conventional and Sexed Semen in a Commercial Beef Heifer Program
• Evaluation of Beef Cow and Calf Separation Systems to Improve Reproductive Performance of First-Calf Cows
• Fetal Losses from Using Ultrasonography or Rectal Palpation for Pregnancy Diagnosis
• Growth Implants for Nursing Calves - Effect of Growth Implant at Branding in Suckling Steers Prior to Weaning and Use of Anabolic Implants in Calves to Increase Weaning Weight and Backgrounding Gains
• Impact of Reducing Length of Calving Season
• Influence of Weaning Strategy on Behavior, Humoral Indicators of Stress, Growth, and Carcass Characteristics
• Interval Feeding of Supplements
• Limit Feeding of Hay to Cows
• Performance of Calves Weaned in the Morning or Evening using Either Fence-line or Traditional Weaning Methods
• Protein Supplementation of Cattle Consuming Low-Quality Cool- or Warm-Season Forage
• Relationship between Climatic Conditions and the Incidence of Calving
• Restricting Hay Intake of Beef Cows++
• Strategies for Managing Open Beef Cows
• Supplementing Organic-Complexed or Inorganic Co, Cu, Mn, and Zn to Beef Cows during Gestation: Post-weaning Responses of Offspring Reared as Replacement Heifers or Feeder cattle
• The Age of Surgical Castration Affects the Healing Process in Beef Calves
• The Effect of Cow Udder Score on Cow/Calf performance
• Timing of Castration in Nursing Calves
• Trace Mineral Source Impacts Rumen Trace Mineral Metabolism and Fiber Digestion
• Utilization of Fixed-time Artificial Insemination to Reduce Breeding Season Length: Case Study

• Vitamin A Supplementation of Beef Cow/Calf Pairs Managed in Confinement

• Weaning Beef Calves in Two Stages