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A Computerized Performance Record Keeping System For Beef Cattle In Utah, John J. Pierce
A Computerized Performance Record Keeping System For Beef Cattle In Utah, John J. Pierce
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
A computer program was developed at Utah State University (USU) to aid in obtaining a more complete individual performance record keeping system for beef cattle in Utah. Some computer programs for beef cattle records presently exist but a program was needed that was readily available to the USU animal science extension and resident staff.
The program was written in FORTRAN for use on the Burrogh 6700 computer located at the Utah State University Computer Center. It was designed to read input data for individual animals, perform various calculations (i. e. days of age, adjusted weaning weight and weaning weight ratio), …