Effects of creep feeding, zeranol and breed type on beef production /

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and Fred Tucker. Special thanks are given to Tim Marshall for his friendship while coaching the Livestock Judging Team together. The author wishes to thank Paul Dixon and the BRU crew for their help in collecting data used in this manuscript. The financial support of this project provided by International Minerals and Chemical Corporation is greatly appreciated. The author is indeed grateful to the Animal Science Department for granting him an assistantship for graduate work.

Impact and adoption of feed technologies at Nharira-Lancashire Dairy Scheme

“…The seasonality of milk yield in the current study was characteristic of most dairy enterprises. Earlier studies have shown that milk production varies according to animal age (Prichard and Marshall, 1983), breed (Marius et al, 2010), season and parity (Yang et al, 2013), health status (Katsande et al, 2013), lactation stage (Washaya et al, unpublished data), nutrition (Lanyasunya et al, 2005) and management (Broucek et al, 2006). Poor nutrition is largely blamed (Lanyasunya et al, 2005) for predisposing animals to diseases, and its effects on milk production and quality cannot be overemphasised.…”