Livestock

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Breeds of Livestock Website

The Department of Animal Science at OSU provides one of the premiere sites globally that offers information on breeds of livestock throughout the world.

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Lagoons for Livestock Waste Treatment

An explanation on how livestock waste lagoons work, the different types of lagoons and how to manage each type of lagoon.

Livestock Manure And Litter Management Solid Waste Waste Management

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Using Stockpiled Feedlot Manure as Fertilizer

Animal manure requirements and management practices for the use in crop production.

Composting Fertilizing And Mulching Gardening And Lawn Care Livestock Manure And Litter Management

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Corn as Cattle Feed vs. Human Food

The comparisons between corn usage in human food, cattle feed and diesel.

Beef Cattle Corn Crops Grains And Oilseeds Livestock

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Using Genomics Part I: What are DNA Markers?

An explanation of how DNA markers apply to beef cattle genetics.

Beef Cattle Livestock

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Growth Promotants Reduce Beef's Environmental Impact

Knowledge about increasing the efficiency of production in order to reduce the environmental impact and decrease number of cattle needed for beef.

Beef Cattle Food Products Livestock Sustainability And Environmental Concerns

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Anaerobic Digestion of Animal Manures: Types of Digesters

Information about the anaerobic digesters used on farms with different manure handling systems.

Energy Production Livestock Manure And Litter Management Waste Management

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Stocking Rate Determination on Native Rangeland

An explanation on how stocking rates effect livestock production, how stocking rates correlate to harvest efficiency and calculations behind stocking rates.

Animal Unit Month Aum Beef Cattle Grazing Management Livestock Rangeland Management Stocker Cattle Stocking Rate

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Mortality Management Options During an Avian Influenza Outbreak

The importance of disposal by burial, incineration, landfilling and composting when a flock is inflected with avian influenza.

Birds Livestock Poultry Turkey Wildlife