PSIV-26 Effects of extended-release eprinomectin on heifer growth and reproductive performance while grazed on endophyte-infected tall fescue or housed in drylot
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DOI: 10.1093/jas/skaa278.523
Abstract: The objective was to assess the effects of an extended-release eprinomectin (LongRange) on beef heifer reproductive performance when grazed on endophyte-infected tall fescue or housed on drylot. In a split-plot design, fall-born, Angus × Simmental… read more here.
Keywords: pregnancy; endophyte infected; heifer; drylot ... See more keywords
Environmental variation effects fertility in tropical beef cattle
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DOI: 10.1093/tas/txac035
Abstract: Abstract The northern Australia beef cattle industry operates in harsh environmental conditions which consistently suppress female fertility. To better understand the environmental effect on cattle raised extensively in northern Australia, new environmental descriptors were defined… read more here.
Keywords: beef cattle; lactation pregnancy; first lactation; pregnancy ... See more keywords
A case of hypercalcemia in a heifer presumably due to mammary carcinoma bovine hypercalcemia of malignancy.
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DOI: 10.1111/vcp.12739
Abstract: Mammary carcinoma is rare in cattle with only a handful of cases found in the literature, and none have reported an associated hypercalcemia. An 8-year-old Holstein-Friesian heifer was presented to the Purdue University Veterinary Teaching… read more here.
Keywords: hypercalcemia; hypercalcemia malignancy; heifer; mammary carcinoma ... See more keywords
Relationship between residual feed intake classification as a heifer and lifetime productivity of beef cattle
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DOI: 10.1139/cjas-2018-0002
Abstract: Abstract: The effect of residual feed intake adjusted for backfat thickness (RFIfat) on heifer pregnancy rate and subsequent lifetime productivity was examined in 867 beef females that were ranked as low, medium, or high RFIfat.… read more here.
Keywords: heifer; productivity; residual feed; lifetime productivity ... See more keywords
Arthrectomy for traumatic proximal interphalangeal arthritis in the lateral digit in a heifer
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DOI: 10.12681/jhvms.19631
Abstract: Instructive information on the treatment for chronic deep infections of digital joints in a 9-month-old Holstein heifer is described in this report. Preoperative ultrasonographic and radiographic examinations revealed soft tissue swelling and subchondral bone lysis… read more here.
Keywords: arthritis; postoperative day; heifer; lateral digit ... See more keywords
Effect of postweaning heifer development system on average daily gain, pregnancy rates, and subsequent feed efficiency as a pregnant heifer.
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DOI: 10.2527/jas2017.1987
Abstract: A 3-yr study utilized 300 Angus-based, spring-born heifers to evaluate postweaning heifer development systems on gain, reproductive performance, and feed efficiency as a pregnant heifer. Heifers were blocked by BW and randomly assigned to graze… read more here.
Keywords: heifer; pregnant heifer; efficiency pregnant; feed efficiency ... See more keywords
A holstein heifer infected with Neospora caninum NcUru3 congenitally transmits this strain to a viable offspring although infection does not protect her from aborting by a different N. caninum genotype in the subsequent gestation
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DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2022.889157
Abstract: Neospora caninum is a leading cause of bovine abortion worldwide. Although the genetic diversity of this apicomplexan parasite has long been recognized, there is little information on whether infection with different genotypes results in different… read more here.
Keywords: abortion; infection; neospora caninum; genotype ... See more keywords