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Research – for Dec. 6, 2010

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Background The Mycoplasma bovis bacterium is involved in the bovine respiratory disease complex (BRD) as well as the chronic pneumonia and polyarthritis syndrome (CPPS). These diseases are responsible for 25-40 per cent of feedlot calf mortality, and are a leading cause of death loss in high-risk fall-placed feedlot calves in Canada. There are several theories […] Read more
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Prime Cuts – for Dec. 6, 2010

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Driving from Winnipeg to Brandon in early November, I noticed the amount of standing water on the side of the highway. But it wasn’t until I talked to Manitoba cattle producers at their annual meeting that I realized what a wet summer and fall they experienced. And only after I had heard them vote on […] Read more
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Vet Advice – for Dec. 6, 2010

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Anaplasmosis, caused by the rickettsial hemoparasite Anaplasma marginale, is the most common tick-transmitted disease of cattle worldwide. Domestic and wild ruminants, including cattle, sheep, goats and deer can be infected. Only cattle develop clinical signs. Anaplasmosis is endemic in the U.S. where it represents a major obstacle to profitable beef production. Two tick species common […] Read more
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Alberta’s Common-Sense Traceability Standards

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Alberta Agriculture Minister Jack Hayden is once again in the news as peacemaker. First he engineered an agreement between Alberta Beef Producers and Alberta Cattle Feeders Association to resurrect a mandatory national $1 checkoff in Alberta. This time he’s brought every producer interest group together to hammer out some common-sense principles for implementing beef cattle […] Read more
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Frozen, Light, Sprouted — Does It Matter?

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As this crazy growing season comes to an end, many of you are now starting to think about your winter feeding program. It does not matter what class of cattle you are feeding, feed costs are always an important consideration. As in any year where seeding is late, moisture excessive and the growing season short, […] Read more
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Dark Cutting Beef

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Dark cutting beef is purplish black rather than bright red in colour. Dark cutting beef actually resembles vacuum packed beef. However, vacuum packed beef will brighten up (or “bloom”) after the package has been opened, but dark cutting beef will not. Dark cutting beef looks unappealing to consumers, may spoil faster, and is not sold […] Read more
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A Tale Of Hunting Retail

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Living in the hinterland of northwest Alberta I often get asked if I do a lot of hunting. My answer is yes my hunting season starts the first week of September and lasts till the first week of December and then the season starts again mid-January and runs through till the end of March. They […] Read more
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CCA Reports – for Nov. 8, 2010

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I am always heartened when I see the payoff of our lobbying efforts on behalf of Canada’s cattle producers. Last month it came in the form of attendance at the CCA’s fall event for members of Parliament, senators and people of influence in our industry. The CCA Country Picnic on Parliament Hill, held Sept. 28, […] Read more
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Potential Of Nitrate Toxicity High

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2010 was anything but a banner year for forage and hay crops. Incessant rain, early frost and delayed harvesting reduced the quality of most legume stands and the quality of cereals destined for winter forage. Volunteer crops mixed with weeds like kochia are being bailed on land that went unseeded, adding to the inventory of […] Read more

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