2011 Nebraska Beef Cattle Report [complete]

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Date of this Version

1-2011

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Copyright © 2010, The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska. All rights reserved.

Abstract

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Cow/Calf

Winter Grazing System and Supplementation of Beef Cows During Late Gestation Influence Heifer Progeny

Influencing Steer Performance Through Maternal Nutrition

Integration of DNA Marker Information into Breeding Value Predictions

Granulosa Cell Gene Expression is Altered in Follicles from Cows with Differing Reproductive Longevity

Growing

Performance of Growing Cattle Fed Corn Silage or Grazing Corn Residue from Second Generation Insect-protected (MON 89034), Parental, or Reference Corn Hybrids

Nutrient Composition of Spoiled Wet Byproducts Mixed and Stored with Straw

Use of Dry Rolled Corn, Dry or Wet distillers Grains Plus Solubles as an Energy Source in High Forage Diets for Growing Cattle

Effect of Corn Hybrid on Amount of Residue Available for Grazing

Supplementing DDGS to Steers Grazing Smooth Bromegrass Pastures

Economic Analysis of Supplementing DDGS to Grazing Cattle

Replacement of Grazed Forage with WDGS and Poor Quality Hay Mixtures

Supplementing Modified Wet Distillers Grains with Solubles to Long Yearling Steers Grazing Native Range

Effect of Stocking Rate on Animal Performance and Diet Quality While Grazing Cornstalks

Digestibility of Crop Residue after Chemical Treatment and Anaerobic Storage

Finishing

Economics for Feeding Distillers Grains to Finishing Cattle

Meta-Analysis of Feeding Calf-feds or Yearlings Wet Distillers Grains with Different Corn Processing

Impact of Distillers Grains Moisture and Inclusion Level on Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Corn-Ethanol-Livestock Life Cycle

Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Finishing Steers Fed Low Fat and Normal Fat Wet Distillers Grains

Review: Lipid Addition to Corn Finishing Diets

Comparing Different Drying Methods for Distillers Grains and Its Effect on Feedlot Cattle Performance

Comparing Dry, Wet, or Modified Distillers Grains Plus Solubles on Feedlot Cattle Performance

The Effect of Drying Distillers Grains on Nutrient Metabolism

Effect of Feeding More than 70% Wet distillers Grains Plus Solubles on Feedlot Cattle Performance

Effects of Feeding a Combination of Modified Distillers Grains Plus Solubles and Wet Corn Gluten Feed to Adapt Cattle to Finishing Diets

Effect of Source and Level of Sulfur on Rumen Metabolism and Finishing Performance

Effects of Sulfur Concentration in Distillers Grains with Solubles in Finishing Cattle Diets

Effects of Adaptation Diets Containing Wet Distillers Grains with Solubles or Wet Corn Gluten Feed on Ruminal pH, Intake and Hydrogen Sulfide

Effects of Sulfur Content of Distillers Grains in Beef Cattle Finishing Diets on Intake, Ruminal pH, and Hydrogen Sulfide

Economic Impact of Sulfur Levels in Distillers Grains Diets Fed to Beef Cattle

Effects of Lactobacillus Acidophilus and Yucca Schidigera on Finishing Performance and Carcass Traits of Feedlot Cattle

Feeding Strategies of Optaflexx on Growth Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Feedlot Steers

Feedlot Cattle Performance When Fed Silage and Grain from Second-Generation Insect Protected Corn, Parental Line or Reference Hybrids

Effects of Glycerin in Steam Flaked Corn Feedlot Diets

Protein, Fiber, and Digestibility of Selected Alternative Crops for Beef Cattle

Mud Effects on Feedlot Cattle

Effect of Pen Cleaning Frequency and Feeding Distillers Grains and Wheat Straw on Nutrient Mass Balance and Performance of Feedlot Steers

Relationship Between Morbidity and Performance in Feedlot Cattle

Effects of a Dietary Antioxidant on Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Feedlot Cattle With or Without WDGS

Beef Products

Effects of Feeding High Levels of Wet Distillers Grains and Straw on Beef Cattle

Low-fat Wet Distillers Grains and Beef Quality

Shelf Life of m. longissimus lumborum from Beef Fed Antioxidants and Wet Distillers Grains

Effects of the Synthetic Antioxidants on Shelf Life of m. psoas major and m. triceps brachii Muscles from Beef Fed Wet Distillers Grains

Intramuscular Tenderness and Muscle Fiber Orientation of Beef Round Muscles

Marketing Source-Verified Beef to Restaurant Patrons

Statistics Used in the Nebraska Beef Report and Their Purpose