Emerging Technology And Management For Ruminants

A Winrock International Project -- Preface -- Genetics and Breeding of Cattle -- Muscle + Bone + Fat = Beef -- Information-Based Beef Breeding -- Maternal Selection -- Maternal Selection: Producing Cows with Optimum Productivity for Their Environment -- Selection of Registered Brahmans -- Sire Selection Based on Breed Association Tools -- What the Commercial Rancher Should Know about Bulls -- Crossbreeding Brahmans, European, and South American Indigenous Breeds -- Designing Production Systems to Optimize Net Merit and Profit -- Reproduction of Cattle -- Reproductive Technologies for the Future -- Embryo Transfer: Problems and (or) Opportunities for the Purebred Industry -- Potential Genetic Impact of Embryo Transfer -- Why Different Cows Have Different Levels of Calving Difficulty -- The Relationships between Body Condition, Nutrition, and Performance of Beef Cows -- Nutrition for Optimum Reproduction in Beef Cattle -- Hormone Therapy for Cystic and Repeat-Breeder Dairy Cows -- The Rational Use of Artificial Insemination in Tropical Beef Cattle -- Changing Reproductive Performance in Beef Cow Herds -- High Technology Application on My Ranch -- Growing and Finishing Cattle -- Why Different Animals Produce Different Types of Beef -- Cattle Are Not Created Equal -- Compensatory Growth in Beef Cattle -- Nutrition of Feedlot Cattle -- Protein Requirements of Cattle -- Preparations for Receiving and Processing Stocker Cattle -- Management of Sick, Newly Arrived Stocker Cattle -- Anaplasmosis in Beef Cattle -- Using Pasture Effectively for Stocker-Feeder Operations in the South -- Implanting Cattle on Grass -- Forage, Range, and Pasture -- Principles of Range Management with Universal Application -- Public Education in Land and Water Management: A New Use for Computers -- Computers and the Livestock Enterprise -- The Need for Old-Fashioned Range Management in Latin America -- Managing Cattle in a Low-Cost, Extensive Rangeland Setting -- Rationalizing Rangeland Use in the Near East by Modernizing Transhumance Grazing -- Modernization of Livestock Production in Inner Mongolia: Progress or Regression -- What's Ahead in Hay and Forage Production, Storage, and Handling Systems -- Utilization of Crop Residues by Beef Cattle -- Forage Height and Mass in Relation to Grazing Management -- Efficient Forage/Livestock Production, New Zealand Style -- Utilizing Improved Pastures -- Putting It All Together: Forage and Cattle -- Production and Management of Sheep, Goats, and Certain Other Small Animals -- Management Tools for Greater Sheep Profitability -- Importance of Sheep's Teeth in Productivity -- Wool and Mutton Production and Marketing in South Africa -- Sheep Production and Management in a Dry Climate -- Sheep Production and Management in a Hot-Humid Climate -- Angora and Meat Goat in South Africa -- Angora Goat Management and Mohair Marketing in Texas -- An Economic Analysis of Goat Milk Production in the Ozark Region of Arkansas and Missouri -- Small Animals for Small Farms in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Other Winrock International Studies Published by Westview Press