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Effect Of Implant Strategy And Optaflexx Administration On Feedlot Performance And Skeletal Muscle Β-Adrenergic Receptor And Insulin-Like Growth Factor I Mrna Abundance (2006), E.K. Sisson, J.P. Hutcheson, D.A. Yates, B.J. Johnson Jan 2006

Effect Of Implant Strategy And Optaflexx Administration On Feedlot Performance And Skeletal Muscle Β-Adrenergic Receptor And Insulin-Like Growth Factor I Mrna Abundance (2006), E.K. Sisson, J.P. Hutcheson, D.A. Yates, B.J. Johnson

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

Feedlot heifers (1,147) weighing 622 lb were used to evaluate the effects of implant strategy and Optaflexx administration. Implant treatments included Revalor-200 (R200) at arrival, or Revalor-IH at arrival and reimplantation with Finaplix-H on day 58 (RF). Optaflexx (200 mg/heifer daily of ractopamine-HCl) was fed the last 28 days. Treatments were randomly assigned to 16 pens. After 182 days, heifers were slaughtered, at which time carcass data were obtained and semimembranosus muscle tissue was excised for RNA isolation. Optaflexx administration significantly increased average daily gain (0.7 lb/day), feed efficiency (3%), hot carcass weight (10.5 lb), and ribeye area (0.42 square …


Comparison Of Dectomax And Valbazen On Beef Cattle Carcass Traits (2006), J.A. Christopher, T.T. Marston, J.R. Brethour, Gerald L. Stokka Jan 2006

Comparison Of Dectomax And Valbazen On Beef Cattle Carcass Traits (2006), J.A. Christopher, T.T. Marston, J.R. Brethour, Gerald L. Stokka

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

The objective of this trial was to determine if types of dewormers affected carcass characteristics. Crossbred steers (n=428) were stratified by weight and ultrasound marbling score and administered either Dectomax (subcutaneous injection) or Valbazen (oral) dewormer. Fecal egg counts indicated that both dewormers cleared internal parasites from the cattle. Carcass data indicated that Dectomax increased fat deposition as measured by 12th rib back fat; kidney, pelvic, and heart fat; and marbling score, when compared with Valbazen. Deworming products may affect carcass traits that are used to value cattle.


Performance Of Calves Born To Beef Cows Seropositive But Subclinical For Bovine Leukosis Virus (2006), Donald A. Llewellyn, K.L. Teutemacher, T.T. Marston, M.W. Sanderson, Larry C. Hollis Jan 2006

Performance Of Calves Born To Beef Cows Seropositive But Subclinical For Bovine Leukosis Virus (2006), Donald A. Llewellyn, K.L. Teutemacher, T.T. Marston, M.W. Sanderson, Larry C. Hollis

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

Calves from a commercial beef herd were evaluated for weight gain differences based upon the bovine leukosis virus (BLV) serological status of their dams. One hundred forty-two multiparous cows from a commercial beef herd were tested for BLV by agar gel immunodiffusion. Eighty-nine cows (62.6%) were found to be seropositive for BLV. Weights were collected from all calves at weaning, from heifers on the date when selection of replacement heifers was made, and from steers on the day of harvest after being fed to finish weight in a feedlot. Offspring from seronegative cows tended to have heavier weaning weights (+17 …


Measuring Scope Efficiency For Crop And Beef Farms (2006), Michael R. Langemeier, R.D. Jones Jan 2006

Measuring Scope Efficiency For Crop And Beef Farms (2006), Michael R. Langemeier, R.D. Jones

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

This study evaluated scope efficiency (the degree of efficiency gained from producing more than one product within the same farm) for a sample of crop and beef farms in Kansas. Scope and economic efficiency were estimated for each individual farm. Average scope efficiency was 0.25, indicating that joint production of crop and beef enterprises on the same farm reduced cost approximately 25%. Scope efficiency was significantly higher for smaller farms. Despite the relatively higher scope efficiency levels, economic efficiency (relative cost efficiency) was significantly lower for smaller farms. Economic efficiency is related to cost control and economies of size, which …


A Novel Method To Dry Age Beef By Using Vacuum Packaging (2006), M.L. Ahnström, M. Seyfert, Melvin C. Hunt, D.E. Johnson Jan 2006

A Novel Method To Dry Age Beef By Using Vacuum Packaging (2006), M.L. Ahnström, M. Seyfert, Melvin C. Hunt, D.E. Johnson

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

The traditional dry-aging method for beef was compared with a novel technique of dry aging in a highly moisture-permeable vacuum bag. Paired beef strip loins were cut into four sections and were dry aged traditionally (unpackaged) or packaged in the novel bag for 14 or 21 days. Cooking loss, tenderness, juiciness, and all flavor attributes were similar for the aging methods. Beef dry aged in the bag had less weight loss during aging, less trim loss after 21 days, and lower yeast counts after either aging time, compared with beef dry aged unpackaged. This novel method of dry aging beef …


Color Of Cooked Ground Beef Patties Is Affected By Cooking Rate And Post-Cooking Holding Time (2006), S.M. Ryan, M. Seyfert, Melvin C. Hunt, R.A. Mancini Jan 2006

Color Of Cooked Ground Beef Patties Is Affected By Cooking Rate And Post-Cooking Holding Time (2006), S.M. Ryan, M. Seyfert, Melvin C. Hunt, R.A. Mancini

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

Two experiments investigated the effects of cooking rate and post-cooking holding time on the internal cooked color of ground beef patties. In Experiment 1, patties were cooked rapidly (1.8ºF/second) or slowly (0.4ºF/second). At temperatures below 180ºF, rapidly cooked patties were redder and appeared less well done than those cooked slowly. All slowly cooked patties appeared well done, even at unsafe final internal temperatures. In Experiment 2, patties were cooked rapidly and held for 1, 3, 6, or 12 minutes after cooking. Increasing the post-cooking holding time to 6 minutes after rapid cooking decreased pinkness and maximized well-done appearance. This allowed …


Accelerated And “Natural” Production-System Effects On Performance And Carcass Traits, L. Veloso, E. Loe, John A. Unruh Jan 2006

Accelerated And “Natural” Production-System Effects On Performance And Carcass Traits, L. Veloso, E. Loe, John A. Unruh

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

Sixteen crossbred steers were used to compare performance and carcass characteristics of animals from accelerated and "natural" cattle production systems. Steers in the accelerated group (8 head) were implanted with Component TE-S (120 mg of trenbolone acetate, 24 mg estradiol), and received 200 mg/steer daily of ractopamine-HCl (Optaflexx) during the last 33 days of feeding. Tylan and Rumensin were also fed to the accelerated group. "Natural" steers were not implanted and were not given feed additives. Steers in the accelerated group had improved gain; heavier final weights; heavier carcasses; larger ribeye areas; and less kidney, pelvic, and heart fat. "Natural" …


Front Matter Jan 2006

Front Matter

Michigan Law Review

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The Law And Sociology Of Boilerplate, Todd D. Rakoff Jan 2006

The Law And Sociology Of Boilerplate, Todd D. Rakoff

Michigan Law Review

In my view, the scholarship presented at this symposium demonstrates that, in order to analyze form contracts and boilerplate successfully, one must carry out a set of operations that embodies an approach I will call law and sociology. But I presume I was invited to be a commentator at this conference on boilerplate not because the article I wrote on one branch of the subject awhile back exemplified this methodological approach, but because it took a rather strong substantive position. And so I think I ought first to say a brief word about that. The article in question concerned contracts …


Front Matter Jan 2006

Front Matter

Michigan Law Review

No abstract provided.


Front Matter Jan 2006

Front Matter

Michigan Law Review

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Front Matter Jan 2006

Front Matter

Michigan Law Review

No abstract provided.