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A Mineral Survey Of Louisiana Beef Cow/Calf Production Systems, Kyle Austin Guidry
A Mineral Survey Of Louisiana Beef Cow/Calf Production Systems, Kyle Austin Guidry
LSU Master's Theses
The purpose of this research was to determine the state and regional mineral status of Louisiana forages and beef cattle. Louisiana beef cattle operations (n = 25) were sampled and divided into seven geographical regions, including the northwest (NW), northeast (NE), central (CE), southwest (SW), south central (SC), Florida parishes (FP) and southeast (SE) regions. Over a two year period, water and soil samples were collected from each operation annually, forage samples were collected quarterly in Aug to Sep, Nov to Dec, Feb to Mar and May to June and bovine serum samples were collected twice annually in the fall …