Beef cattle

committing thievery and murder, two actions considered crimes even in the “lawless” West. Theft is the unauthorized stealing of property from another with the intent to deprive them of such property. Correspondingly, “the Kid’s” main business was rustling cattle on the frontier’s vast plains (Andrews). However, thievery is far from his most egregious crime. Murder is the unlawful killing of another human being with intent and without justification and there were several notable instances when…

Everyday television commercials play depicting the wonderful lives of animals on factory farms; but this image shown to us could not be any further from the truth. These commercials show animals on big, open, green lots with plenty of space to move around and live. The sad truth is the animals live in confined cages that do not allow them room to turn around, sit, or lie down. The metal bars that contain the animals are just small enough to have the animal touching them at all times. “99% of…

rebreeding period that contribute to infertility in beef cows: 1) a general infertility, 2) short estrous cycles, 3) uterine involution, which causes a physical barrier to sperm transport for about the first 20 days of postpartum ,and 4) anestrous”(). The management of the postpartum interval is an important and…

Factory Farms Unable to move stands three year old porky the pig. Unlike Wilbur in Charlotte’s Web where he is able to roam the open fields and eat a tasty meal with some variation, Porky the pig is locked in a cage. Restricted from any outside activity, he simply stands in his own manure in a two foot size cage waiting for just a slight ray or light signaling fresh air that he will most likely never get. Taken from his mother at a very young age, Porky waits for his dose of antibiotics that…

specific strain known as STEC, or Shiga toxin-producing E. coli. STEC lives in the guts of animals, such as cattle, goats, sheep, deer, and elk (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015). When this strain of E. coli enters the intestine of human, symptoms such as diarrhea occur (Hedge, 2016). STEC has not always been an issue. The feeding of grain-based feed to dairy and beef cattle, in an attempt to fatten them up quicker at a lower cost, has caused this strain to develop (Cummins,…

Will Gunderson was a good boy, as boys go. He grew up in the high plains of Colorado where cattle bellowed and grazed, and cowboys rode through his small town, donned with spurs, chaps, and big wide hats. He was full of dreams, fed by the white billowing clouds that danced in the bright blue sky above his house, and he spent his days riding his pony over the big meadows near the edge of town, and as he rode across the meadow, he was anywhere, but, home. William lived in a parsonage with…

Thirty newborn Montbeliard calves were allotted to 1 of 3 dietary groups according to age and body weight(BW) to determine the effects of different feeding patterns on growth and rumen development. Treatments consisted of pelleted starter(22% crude protein,26% neutral detergent fiber) fed alone(CON) or supplemented with alfafa hay from d 15 (PeA) or texturized starter(23% crude protein, 25% neutral detergent fiber) fed alone(Te). All calves were fed 4 L of colostrum within 1 h of birth and were…

evolution of production progressed it introduced innovative machines with new technologies, people have changed roles in the production line. We now have highly mechanized assembly lines in which machines take the brunt of the work. In the example of the cattle slaughterhouses, one saw touches thousands of hides. The hide of each animal has survived life in a CAFO (concentrated animal farming operation). The hides having excrement caked on them before they go for slaughter.…

1.Describe one of the cattle breeds that are found on the Dickenson farm. Why is Ohio a good place to raise the breeds shown in the video? Longhorns are a type of cattle that are grown in the United States. As their name suggests, they have long horns. Grass is an essential food to longhorns. Ohio has healthy grass that will be wonderful for the longhorns. 2.How did the J & N Ranch change their cows? Why did they do this? The J & N Ranch changed their cows color to black by breeding them…

Effect of thymol and carvacrol on nutrient digestibility in rams fed high or low concentrate diets Summary Published data on the effects of essential oils (EO) on in vivo nutrient digestibility in sheep are contradictory. In 2 experiments, the effect of thymol and carvacrol on nutrient digestibility was studied in sheep fed with high (70%) or low (52%) concentrate diets, using incomplete Latin Square designs. The essential oils were mixed with the concentrate portion of the diet at the rate of 0…