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G81-542 The Home Laying Flock, Part Ii Management, Earl W. Gleaves
G81-542 The Home Laying Flock, Part Ii Management, Earl W. Gleaves
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
This NebGuide contains management suggestions pertinent to the home laying flock.
NebGuide G81-541, The Home Laying Flock, Part I: Getting Started, provides information on the early decisions, housing, equipment and some management procedures related to these topics. This NebGuide covers other management suggestions pertinent to the home laying flock.
G81-539 Assisting The Beef Cow At Calving Time, Gene H. Deutscher, Donald B. Hudson
G81-539 Assisting The Beef Cow At Calving Time, Gene H. Deutscher, Donald B. Hudson
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
This publication acquaints cattle producers with calving management principles to minimize calf loss. The objective is to deliver a live calf from every cow. Six to ten percent of all calves born in beef cow herds in the U.S. die at or soon after birth. Approximately half of those deaths are due to calving difficulty (dystocia). This multi-million dollar annual loss is second only to losses from cows failing to conceive. Calving difficulty has received much more attention in recent years, primarily because of the mating of larger European breeds of bulls to British breeds of cows. Increased calving problems …