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Storey's guide to raising beef cattle : health, handling, breeding / Heather Smith Thomas ; foreword by Baxter Black.

by Thomas, Heather Smith, 1944-

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Storey Pub., c2009.

Storey's guide to raising series

9781603424554 (hardcover : alk. paper)

1603424555 (hardcover : alk. paper)

9781603424547 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1603424547 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Guide to raising beef cattle.

Alternate title:

Raising beef cattle

x, 340 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Originally published as: Guide to raising beef cattle, c1998.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 320-321) and index.

Breeds and genetics: an overview -- Handling and behavior of beef cattle -- Issues in buying and selling -- General guidelines for raising beef cattle -- Pasture, fencing, and facilities -- Feeding cattle -- Keeping cattle healthy -- Growing and breeding heifers -- Care of the pregnant cow -- Calving -- Care of the newborn calf -- Calf health -- Weaning the calves -- Rebreeding.

Foreword / Baxter Black, DVM -- 1: Breeds And Genetics: An Overview -- Choosing beef cattle -- Breeds and types of beef cattle -- Which type is best? -- Inheritance of traits -- Crossbreeding and hybrid vigor -- Selecting for certain characteristics -- 2: Handling And Behavior Of Beef Cattle -- Basic cow psychology -- Grazing behavior -- Training cattle -- Moving cattle -- Avoiding injury -- 3: Issues In Buying And Selling -- Buying a weaned calf to raise for beef -- Buying calves at auction -- Buying from a farmer -- Buying a heifer -- What makes a good beef cow? -- Buying pregnant heifers or cows -- Buying open yearlings -- Marketing cattle -- Dealing with shrink -- Getting cattle ready for market -- 4: General Guidelines For Raising Beef Cattle -- Understanding your calf's behavior -- Care for the weaned calf -- Winter care of the new calf -- Summer care of the yearling -- End product: beef -- Feeds and finishing -- 5: Pasture, Fencing, And Facilities -- Pastures-sizes and types -- Water -- Pasture fencing -- Pens and facilities -- Working in corrals -- Feeding facilities -- Equipment and supplies -- 6: Feeding Cattle -- Basic nutrition -- Digestion -- Feeding forages (roughages) -- Nutritional needs vary -- 7: Keeping Cattle Healthy -- Know what a healthy animal looks like -- Vaccinations -- Bovine respiratory disease -- Clostridial diseases -- Rabies -- Coccidiosis -- Eye problems -- Foot rot -- Lump jaw -- Bony lump jaw -- Mastitis in beef cows -- Hardware disease -- Urinary calculi (bladder stones) -- Bloat -- Acidosis and laminitis -- Poisoning: toxic plants -- Emphysema -- Nitrate poisoning -- Internal parasites -- External parasites -- Skin problems -- Porcupine quills -- Snakebite -- Strangulated teat from hairy udder -- 8: Growing And Breeding Heifers -- Feeding weaned heifers -- Age at puberty -- When to breed -- Nutrition for the pregnant yearling -- Basics of reproduction in cattle -- Choosing the bull and getting the heifer bred -- 9: Care Of The Pregnant Cow -- Nutrition -- Disease prevention -- Problems of pregnancy -- 10: Calving -- Create a safe environment for calving -- Calving facilities -- Cold-weather calving -- Handling cows at calving time -- Signs of approaching parturition -- Minimizing calving problems: getting the calves born alive -- First things first: get the calf breathing -- 11: Care Of The Newborn Calf -- Get the calf breathing -- Care of the umbilical cord -- Helping a calf to nurse -- Importance of colostrum -- Helping in different situations -- 12: Calf Health -- Calfhood immunity: the role of antibodies -- Castration -- Dehorning -- Detecting illness in young calves -- Managing scours -- Treating diarrhea and gut infections in calves -- Pneumonia in young calves -- Diphtheria in calves -- Navel infections and joint ill -- Catching calves for doctoring -- Using an esophageal feeder -- Giving oral medications -- Broken bones -- Birth defects in young calves -- 13: Weaning The Calves -- Importance of when you wean -- Stress of weaning -- Vaccinations -- Dehorning -- 14: Rebreeding -- Feeding the cow after calving -- Cow fertility -- Use of bulls -- Reproductive behavior of cows and bulls -- Breeding ability of bulls -- Artificial insemination -- Glossary -- Sources -- Suppliers -- Cooperative extension service -- Breed organizations -- Index.

Overview: Storey's Guide to Raising Beef Cattle is the go-to reference for new and experienced cattle ranchers, providing expert advice on everything from breed selection, calving, feeding, and housing, to humane handling and slaughter practices. The 3rd edition, now with 125,000 copies in print contains new and expanded features: Up-to-the-minute coverage of diseases and vaccination options; Complete information on raising grass-fed animals; How to identify and deal with toxic pasture plants.

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