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Beef cattle, Livestock

All boys or all girls?

Conception rates by AI are lower but being able to select the sex is a bonus

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Dairymen have been using it for years to get heifer-only calf crops; now beef producers are trying out sexed semen. Guy Johnston, of Shoreline Stock Farm near Eddystone, is the first in Manitoba to join the ranks of an estimated 200 beef producers in Canada using the new ar tificial insemination (AI) technology. For me,
Livestock, News

Designing Handling Facilities To Minimize Stress

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Livestock handling specialist Temple Grandin says handling practices can be less stressful to the animals and safer for the handler if one understands the behavioural characteristics of livestock. They include: ” Genetics Breed differences mean some cattle are more excitable. ” Individual differences Each animal is an individual and has a different reaction to stress.
Hogs, Livestock

Post-Cervical AI Makes A Comeback For Swine

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Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. About 10 years ago, when the technique of post-cervical AI (PCAI) was introduced, a series of trials in Europe showed placing semen directly into the uterine
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Farm Aid Showdown Looms

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The debate between producers and government about the future look of Canada’s farm safety net programs is about to heat up, says the head of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. Farmers want support payments to reflect their production costs. But Ottawa and the provinces are balking, said Ron Bonnett, CFA president. As a result, upcoming
Hogs, Livestock

Eliminating The Weaning-To-Mating Interval

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. Arecent roadshow in Western Australia, organized by the Pork Co-operative Research Centre (CRC), based at the University of Adelaide, featured a presentation by Dr. Jeff Downing
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Avian Influenza Impact Devastating To Poultry Industry

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Understanding how avian influenza works and how it spreads is the best way to prevent future outbreaks and the economic devastation they cause. That’s the message Dr. Colleen Christianson, a veterinary pathologist with Alberta Agriculture, delivered to an audience at the recent Wetaskiwin Poultry and Rabbit show. Avian influenza, also known as avian flu or
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TB Testing Blamed For Herd Health Decline

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The verdant Birdtail River Valley, just south of Riding Mountain National Park, looks every bit like a rancher’s paradise. Hillsides covered with tall, straight poplar and spruce trees shelter farmhouses and outbuildings dotting the lowlands, which are separated by neatly fenced pastures filled with lush green grass. But the ranchers who have made these hills
Livestock, News, Other livestock

Livestock Horses For Sale

6 YR OLD REGISTERED Paint gelding broke to ride & Registed 4 yr old Black Quarter horse mare broke to ride, several 2 & 3 yr old young horses that need to be broke to ride, some will make very good barrel racers. Don Ferguson (306)435-3634, Moosomin. ALL ABOUT LEATHER LTD., Peter Schueler. Harness Leather:
Dairy cattle, Livestock

New Technology Touted To Fight Dairy Disease

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“We are one ‘60 Minutes’ report away from rules against either leukosis or Johne’s.” – MARK VARNER A recently introduced technology to predetermine the sex of dairy cattle could also be the key to eliminating infectious diseases in dairy herds. Sexed semen, in which sperm is sorted for gender, can help milk producers develop herds
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In brief continued

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