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21 Cards in this Set
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Commercial cattle |
Crossbreeds. Heavier muscled carcasses |
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Baldies |
Hereford cross breeds |
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Polled |
Naturally hornless |
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Performance testing |
Growth rate data |
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Eared cattle |
Crossbred Brahman cattle. Loose hides and long ears |
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Continental breeds |
Breeds coming from Europe not the British isles. |
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Progeny |
Offspring |
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Replacement heifers |
Retained for herd |
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Feeder calf |
Young calves just weaned |
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Dystocia |
Calving problems |
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Lactating |
Cows giving milk |
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Settle |
To become pregnant |
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Weaning |
Removal from the dam |
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Backgrounding |
Feeding calves an economical diet to calves for the first winter |
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Intensive rotational grazing |
Cattle are allowed access to a paddock of grass for as little as a day or two |
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Finishing cattle |
Feedlot cattle |
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Shipping fever |
Several respiratory diseases |
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Compensatory gain |
Profitable weight gain by thin cattle |
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Marbled |
Intramuscular fat |
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Dressing percentage |
Carcass percent of live weight |
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Terminal sire |
Sire in a cross breeding system where all progeny are marketed |
