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Mar 28, 2024
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AGS 226 - Beef Cattle Science Credits: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Practicum Hours: 0 Work Experience: 0 Course Type: Open The practical application of technical information to lifecycle beef production with emphasis on calf/cow production and feedlot management. Prerequisite: AGS 319 or AGS 114 or Instructor permission. Competencies
- Assess industry production trends
- Examine shifts in production from state to state
- Discuss the development of increased cow herds in southeastern United States
- Examine the movement to larger feedlots
- Identify trends in consumer preference
- Relate data dealing with cholesterol and health
- Review cattlemen’s efforts to improve quality of their product
- Describe issues that impact the future of the beef industry
- Examine basic genetic principles
- Diagram results in color pattern in Angus cattle to illustrate recessive characteristics
- Diagram results in horn type to illustrate dominant characteristics
- Calculate genetic improvement
- Show the rate of progress in weaning weights through selection
- Predict birth weight of calves through bull selection
- Assess production efficiency levels
- Point out the influence of percent of calf crop on profitability
- Discuss the importance of calving rate
- Describe the effect of good average daily gains
- Illustrate the value of low feed efficiency
- Interpret production indexes by solving production index problems
- Critique the synchronization of estrous, superovulation, estrous detection, artificial insemination, and embryo transfer
- Outline the steps in synchronizing estrous
- Define superovulation
- Cite the methods of detecting estrous
- State the importance of artificial insemination to the beef industry
- List the advantages of embryo transfer
- Examine the growth and development of a beef animal
- Analyze feeder cattle types, sources available and marketing methods utilized
- Prepare a chart of feeder cattle types
- Outline methods used in marketing feeder cattle
- Evaluate the proper handling and feeding of feeder cattle
- Write a short essay on proper handling of feeder cattle
- Compare high energy and low energy diets
- Assemble data on proper facilities for feeding cattle
- Assess the management of the breeding herd for reproductive efficiency
- Criticize over-feeding of the cow herd
- Appraise data demonstrating the value of early rebreeding
- Explain the importance of a mineral feeding program
- Evaluate major breeds and their contribution to a genetic program
- Examine data showing the merits of each breed
- Analyze crossbreeding programs being used
- Diagram a desirable breeding program for an Iowa cow-calf operation
- Analyze the factors affecting selection efficiency of herd replacement
- Assess genetic and economic factors affecting sire selection
- Summarize heritability estimates for economically important traits in beef cattle
- Show how number of cows in the herd affect economic progress
- Compute economic progress for a single trait
- Demonstrate economic progress potential for several traits
- Describe methods of merchandizing and buying breeding stock
- Name the advantages of a public auction
- List the merits of a one day private sale
- Cite advantages of the show ring
- Critique advantages and disadvantages of various types of facilities
- Classify beef production facilities
- Analyze different types of facilities
- Select a facility for an Iowa cattle feeder
- Determine proper requirements for space allotment, feed and water
- Lay out a feedlot for a cattle feeder wanting 1,000 head capacity
- Show the proper amount of space, feed bunks and water troughs
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