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Modifying Canning Recipes
Understanding how swapping ingredients, adding ingredients, increasing or decreasing ingredients and making changes to processing plays a vital role in ensuring that home-canned products are safe.
High Nitrates and Pregnant Cows
Drought poses many challenges to the beef cow herd. When considering grazing pregnant females, it’s important to understand that grazing management is critical to avoid nitrate toxicity and potential abortions.
The Bovine Estrous Cycle
Fact sheet on the bovine estrous cycle. Available in English and Spanish.
Understanding Estrous Synchronization of Cattle
Fact sheet on the use of estrus synchronization of cattle. Available in English and Spanish.
Detection of Standing Estrus in Cattle
Fact sheet to help with the detection of standing estrus in cattle. Available in English and Spanish.
Basics of Body Condition Scoring (BCS)
Fact sheet about the basics of body condition scoring for cattle.
Influence of Body Condition on Reproductive Performance of Beef Cows
Fact sheet about understanding effects of body condition score on reproductive performance.
Effects of Shipping and Heat Stress on Embryonic Mortality in Cattle
Fact sheets on the effect of shipping and heat stress on embryonic mortality in cattle.
Management of Body Condition Score throughout the Year
Body condition scoring (BCS) is a visual indicator of past energy status of cattle and a method that can be used to monitor nutritional status of the cow herd.
Managing Sheep Body Condition Score Throughout the Year
This fact sheet and barn reference are for sheep producers to implement body condition scoring in their management practices.