1985 Florida Beef Report
Breeding & Genetics
Physiology & Reproduction
- Subsequent reproduction in brahman cows calving first at 2 or 3 years of age (161KB pdf)
- Prostaglandin F2 as a synchronizer of estrus in brahman heifers (387KB pdf)
Forage Evaluation & Utilization
- Chemical characteristics and estimated feed value of round bale silage and haylage made from bermudagrass or perennial peanut (306KB pdf)
- Anhydrous ammonia treatment of Mature hemarthria hay (252KB pdf)
- Effects of microbial additives on the fermentation characteristic of corn silage (279KB pdf)
- Tropical legumes - a brief review (220KB pdf)
- Effect of variation in characteristics of aeschynomene-hemarthria pastures on the diet selected by grazing cattle (267KB pdf)
- Grazing evaluation of two hybrid bermudagrasses, callie bermudagrass, and pensacola bahiagrass in north florida (195KB pdf)
Production Management
- Brahman versus angus heifers on three planes of Nutrition. vI. effect of breed, plane of nutrition, and season on blood proteins (137KB pdf)
- Brahman versus angus heifers on three planes of nutrition. VII. effect of breed, plane of nutrition, and season on blood non-protein nitrogen components (191KB pdf)
- Brahman versus angus heifers on three planes of Nutrition. vIII. effect of breed, plane of nutrition, and season on blood enzymes (199KB pdf)
- Brahman colostrum composition (121KB pdf)
Meats
- Boxed Beef yields of holstein and crossbred steer carcasses (204KB pdf)
- Comparison of carcass cutability of angus and brahman bulls (327KB pdf)
- Effect of low voltage electrical stimulation of the functional characteristics of beef used in a cooked sausage product (269KB pdf)
- Effect of time of kidney and pelvic fat removal, tenderloin removal, and packaging method on display and tenderness characteristics of tenderloin steaks (282KB pdf)
Feeding & Nutrition
- Effect of blackstrap molasses and grain supplements on performance of heifers grazing bahiagrass pasture (399KB pdf)
- Effect of supplemental potassium and sodium on the feedlot performance of yearling steers fed during the summer (224KB pdf)
- Feedlot performance and carcass characteristics of crossbred and holstein steers finished during the summer in a commercial feedlot (416KB pdf)
- Effects of feedlot environment and implants on the performance and carcass characteristics of heifers fed during the summer (349KB pdf)
- Systems of producing finished beef in florida - finishing direct from weaning versus backgrounding and finishing (503KB pdf)
- Animal performance and carcass characteristics of beef steers finished on a high grain diet after backgrounding on cool-season annual pastures (371KB pdf)
- Intakes and performance of steers fed a free-choice mineral mixture containing bovatec (108KB pdf)
- Mineral Status of Grazing beef cattle in central florida (241KB pdf)
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