1988 Florida Beef Report
Breeding & Genetics
- A Summary of The Results To Date On The comparison of the Romana Red and Brahman breeds at the Beef Research Unit (974KB pdf)
- A progress report on crossbreeding studies at the Beef Research Unit (1.4MB pdf)
- An update of the Ona AREC crossbreeding program (866KB pdf)
- A summary of the results to date of use of crossbred bulls in Florida (1MB pdf)
Forage Evaluation & Utilization
- Grazing evaluation of warm-season perennial pasture grasses with beef steers (494KB pdf)
- Aeschynomene - Limpograss pasture for late-season grazing (1.27MB pdf)
- Carcass characteristics of cattle grazing dwarf Elephantgrass, Rhizoma Peanut, Limpgrass, and limpograss-Aeschynomene Pastures (482KB pdf)
- Influence Of maturity and season on the yield and quality of tropical grasses (1.2MB pdf)
- Mineral content of dwarf pennisetum purpureum under grazing condition (1.3MB pdf)
- Influence of maturity and ammoniation on the chemical composition and digestibility of, and performance of cattle fed, ona stargrass hay (813KB pdf)
- Variation in fiber characteristics and in vitro digestion of creeping bluestem (643KB pdf)
- Ammoniation or Cane molasses supplementation of mature hemarthria hay and rice straw (1.7MB pdf)
Meats
- Effect of growing-Finishing system, slaughter end point, muscle score and breed type on carcass characteristics, and palatability traits of steers (1.3MB pdf)
- The effect of breed, season of feeding, slaughter end point and diet on carcass composition and characteristics (1.8MB pdf)
- Effect of backgrounding regime on animal performance and carcass characteristics of beef steers finished for various periods in the feedlot (984KB pdf)
Nutrition
- Blackstrap Molasses and grain supplements fed to heifers grazing bahiagrass pasture (1MB pdf)
- Effect of Protein and blackstrap molasses supplements on performance of calves grazing bahiagrass pasture (1.1MB pdf)
- Effect of a protein supplement on the performance of calves grazing bahiagrass(362KB pdf)
- Calcium Selenite As a source of selenium for livestock (725KB pdf)
- Effect of Mineral supplementation on tissue mineral concentrations of grazing brahman cattle: I. Macroelements (1.1MB pdf)
- Effect of Mineral supplementation on tissue mineral concentrations of grazing brahman cattle: II. Trace minerals (1.2MB pdf)
- Effect of diet on animal performance, fat composition of subcutaneous adipose and liver tissue of beef cattle (1.5MB pdf)
- Effects of feedlot environment, implants and vitamin a on the performance of crossbred steers fed during the summer (1.3MB pdf)
- Sprinkling water Combined with forced air to reduce heat stress of feedlot cattle (879KB pdf)
- Animal performance and carcass characteristics of beef steers finished without backgrounding versus backgrounding prior to finishing (1.1MB pdf)
- Effect of Growing-Finishing system, slaughter end point, muscle score and breed type on the performance, and slaughter weight of steers (1.2MB pdf)
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