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Antibiotic alternatives for livestock producers

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

By Reynold Bergen November 23, 2016

Antibiotics are a tremendously valuable tool in livestock production. For example, at this time of year, groups of lightweight, freshly weaned, shrunk-out calves with an unknown vaccination or nutritional history arriving at a feedlot after being transported long distances from pre-sort sales in cool, wet, fall weather are likely candidates for bovine respiratory disease (BRD). […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Research

Upgrading beef grading research

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

By Reynold Bergen October 20, 2016

Youthful carcasses that meet A, AA, AAA or Canada Prime quality grades are also assigned a yield grade. Yield grades estimate the red meat percentage of the entire carcass based on the thickness of the backfat and size of the rib-eye muscle between the 12th and 13th ribs. The method that the Canadian Beef Grading […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Research

High pressure beef processing

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

By Reynold Bergen October 5, 2016

In high pressure processing (HPP), food is sealed in water-resistant packaging, placed in a water-filled container, and exposed to very high hydrostatic pressures (up to 87,000 psi) for three to nine minutes. High pressure is harmful or deadly to many pathogenic and spoilage bacteria, so HPP can improve food safety and extend shelf life. But […] Read more

Livestock, Research

Toe tip necrosis syndrome in cattle

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

By Reynold Bergen August 22, 2016

Lameness is the second most costly feedlot health issue after bovine respiratory disease. Aside from treatment and death losses, lame cattle eat less, grow less, convert feed to gain less efficiently, and are more prone to transport injuries. Lameness is also a significant animal welfare concern and has been incorporated into some on-farm welfare audit […] Read more

The Beef Cattle Research Council will present Bov-Innovation on Wednesday, August 10.

Livestock, Research

Bov-Innovation: Putting Theory into Practice

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

By Reynold Bergen July 4, 2016

There is no shortage of beef industry conferences, workshops and meetings for Canadian beef producers to attend throughout the year. These have included the Canfax forum, the Canada Beef forum, Cattlemen’s Young Leaders forums, industry golf tournaments, tours, national, provincial and breed association meetings, the International Livestock Congress, and many more. Although they are valuable […] Read more

Research

Winter transport studied for cattle welfare, beef quality

By Reynold Bergen May 18, 2016

A 2007 transportation benchmarking study led by Dr. Karen Schwartzkopf-Genswein of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Lethbridge Research Station surveyed over 9,000 loads and close to half a million cattle trucked to, from and within Alberta over an 18-month period. That study reported that over 99.9 per cent of the cattle arrived at their destination with […] Read more

Beef Cattle, News, Research

Dry-chilling beef carcasses (and two other things)

By Reynold Bergen May 6, 2016

The muscle tissues of healthy animals are essentially free of bacteria until carcasses are skinned. At that point, it is impossible to eliminate the transfer of bacteria from the hide and the environment to the meat. Many of those bacteria are harmless, but some can cause meat to spoil faster. Others, like verotoxigenic E. coli […] Read more

The first thing to plant to improve your pastures is more posts.

Features, Forages, Research

Spring is here: What to plant?

By Steve Kenyon April 22, 2016

A very common question that I receive at many of my conferences or seminars is, “What should we plant?” They are of course referring to the type of forage species to seed into their overgrazed pastures? This might seem like a pretty straightforward question but I always catch producers off guard with my answer. They […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Research

Beef: A nutritious part of a sustainable diet

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

By Reynold Bergen April 5, 2016

In July 2014, a well-respected journal called Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published a report that criticized meat production in general, and beef production in general, on the basis of their environmental footprints (“Land, irrigation, water, greenhouse gas, and reactive nitrogen burdens of meat, eggs, and dairy production in the United States,” PNAS […] Read more

Livestock, Research

Genetic editing and cattle

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

By Reynold Bergen March 1, 2016

The new year brings some new requirements under Canada’s Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Beef Cattle. Effective January 1, 2016, Canadian beef producers are required to use pain control, in consultation with your veterinarian, to mitigate pain associated with dehorning calves after horn bud attachment (two to three months of age) […] Read more

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Antibiotic alternatives for livestock producers

Upgrading beef grading research

High pressure beef processing

Toe tip necrosis syndrome in cattle

Bov-Innovation: Putting Theory into Practice

Winter transport studied for cattle welfare, beef quality

Dry-chilling beef carcasses (and two other things)

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Beef: A nutritious part of a sustainable diet

Genetic editing and cattle

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