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Three Beef Raising Systems For Butterfat Producing Properties, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Three Beef Raising Systems For Butterfat Producing Properties, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
THREE-QUARTERS of the calves born in autumn on butterfat farms are not required as milking replacements and are thus available for beef production or immediate sale, at about $20 a head.
The profit from selling beef must be compared with that from selling excess calves off their mothers.
Such a comparison is being made by Department of Agriculture Beef Research Officer D. J. Barker in a series of trials at Bramley Research Station, Margaret River.
Feeding Urea To Cattle, D J. Barker
Feeding Urea To Cattle, D J. Barker
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
RUMINANTS normally obtain the protein they require by digestion of the organisms that inhabit the forestomach (rumen), not by direct digestion of the dietary protein they chew up and swallow.
The organisms break down the dietary protein and then rebuild proteins in the form of more organisms.
Inoculation Abscesses Can Downgrade Carcasses, M R. Gardiner
Inoculation Abscesses Can Downgrade Carcasses, M R. Gardiner
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
THE presence of inoculation abscesses in meat is one of the lesser known causes of downgrading or rejection of carcasses, but these abscesses have caused increasing concern in recent years.
They have obvious importance in export carcasses.