The latest information on heifer development in beef cattle for the food animal practitioner! Topics include rebuilding the US cowherd, physiology and endocrinology of puberty, nutritional development and the target weight debate, long-term reproductive health, effect of prenatal programming on development, economics of development, synchronization of estrus and ovulation, post breeding heifer management, management strategies for adding value to heifers, and more!
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. Contributors - p. 4 5. Forthcoming Issues - p. 5 6. Preface: Management Considerations in Beef Heifer Development and Puberty - p. 6 7. Rebuilding the US Beef Herd - p. 7 8. Physiology and Endocrinology of Puberty in Heifers - p. 12 9. Considerations Related to Breed or Biological Type - p. 20 10. Effect of Prenatal Programming on Heifer Development - p. 29 11. Nutritional Development and the Target Weight Debate - p. 41 12. Setting the Stage for Long-term Reproductive Health - p. 50 13. Criteria for Selecting Replacements at Weaning, Before Breeding, and After Breeding - p. 57 14. Effect of Age at Puberty/Conception Date on Cow Longevity - p. 64 15. Control of Estrus and Ovulation in Beef Heifers - p. 70 16. Application of Sex-selected Semen in Heifer Development and Breeding Programs - p. 80 17. Postbreeding Heifer Management - p. 84 18. Raised Replacement Heifers - p. 92 19. Management Strategies for Adding Value to Replacement Beef Heifers - p. 96 20. Incorporating Reproductive Management of Beef Heifers into a Veterinary Practice - p. 102 21. Index - p. 109
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The latest information on heifer development in beef cattle for the food animal practitioner! Topics include rebuilding the US cowherd, physiology and endocrinology of puberty, nutritional development and the target weight debate, long-term reproductive health, effect of prenatal programming on development, economics of development, synchronization of estrus and ovulation, post breeding heifer management, management strategies for adding value to heifers, and more!
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. Contributors - p. 4 5. Forthcoming Issues - p. 5 6. Preface: Management Considerations in Beef Heifer Development and Puberty - p. 6 7. Rebuilding the US Beef Herd - p. 7 8. Physiology and Endocrinology of Puberty in Heifers - p. 12 9. Considerations Related to Breed or Biological Type - p. 20 10. Effect of Prenatal Programming on Heifer Development - p. 29 11. Nutritional Development and the Target Weight Debate - p. 41 12. Setting the Stage for Long-term Reproductive Health - p. 50 13. Criteria for Selecting Replacements at Weaning, Before Breeding, and After Breeding - p. 57 14. Effect of Age at Puberty/Conception Date on Cow Longevity - p. 64 15. Control of Estrus and Ovulation in Beef Heifers - p. 70 16. Application of Sex-selected Semen in Heifer Development and Breeding Programs - p. 80 17. Postbreeding Heifer Management - p. 84 18. Raised Replacement Heifers - p. 92 19. Management Strategies for Adding Value to Replacement Beef Heifers - p. 96 20. Incorporating Reproductive Management of Beef Heifers into a Veterinary Practice - p. 102 21. Index - p. 109
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