Mating Systems in Commercial
Summary: Several factors to be considered when developing a mating system include: heterosis, selection tools, market, environmental/management conditions.
Developing a mating system …
Puberty in bulls occurs when they can produce viable sperm. This happens at approximately 12 months of age, though it can vary in individual bulls several months before or after this age depending on biological type (primarily frame size and …
From the description of clinical signs it appears that dehydration is responsible for the sunken eye appearance. When the eyes have this appearance dehydration is at least 10%. A 1500 lb bull that is 10% dehydrated needs 17 gallons of …
Meat from a bull carcass is lean without a lot of marbling. Because flavor from beef has a lot to do with marbling, then meat from an older bull will taste slightly different than meat from the younger beef animal …
