1. If you turn cattle out into a cornfield to graze, do you have to worry about nitrate poisoning in your cow/calf pairs? Published: February 28, 2008
2. Can oats be fed instead of corn in the ration for growing replacement heifers? If I normally feed 3 pounds of corn along with alfalfa and/or brome pasture, how many pounds of oats would supply the same amount of energy as the 3 pounds of corn? Published: February 28, 2008
3. Can you breed registered cattle father to daughter, mother to son, and brother to sister? Published: February 28, 2008
4. Is there any way to find the EPD of calves if you have their weights and their sire's EPDs but nothing for the dam? Published: February 28, 2008
5. What are the advantages of crossbreeding? Published: February 28, 2008
6. Does the udder size affect the volume of milk a female will produce? Or is it directly related to genetics/nutrition/health, etc.? In general, I have heard producers say that a cow with a big udder is a good milker, but I was taught in college that udder size is not an indicator of milking ability or milk volume. Published: February 28, 2008
7. I was at a recent bull sale and kept hearing the auctioneer talk about IMF. What is it, and how important is it? Published: February 28, 2008
8. Is there any risk of moving cows 10 miles in a trailer within a month of calving? Published: February 28, 2008
9. Do my calves qualify for “natural” marketing programs? Published: February 28, 2008
10. How can I capture more value from my cull cows and cull bulls? Published: February 28, 2008
11. How should I go about choosing a custom feedlot? Published: February 28, 2008
12. I noticed a four-year-old bull has gotten very skinny and believe he has metal in his stomach. What can we do? Published: February 28, 2008
13. I am looking for beef production benchmarks: pregnancy rates, calving rates, weaning rates, first service conception rates, 205-day weaning weights. Published: February 28, 2008
14. When are most of the antibodies in the colostrum absorbed? Published: February 28, 2008
15. I have a heifer that is almost always bloated up. She is on pasture. Is there anything I can do about this? Published: February 28, 2008
16. What length and size of needle should be used to vaccinate a calf? Published: February 28, 2008
17. Last year I weaned my calves and kept them until after January 1. My calves got coccidiosis early during the backgrounding period. Can you tell me more about this parasite? Published: February 28, 2008
18. What is the name of the tablets that are used to dissolve the follicles on the afterbirth? They also include penicillin. Published: February 28, 2008
19. I had a vet repair a cow with a vaginal prolapse on Dec. 16. She is close to calving. When should I remove the repaired string from her opening? Published: February 28, 2008
20. I have a cow that has prolapsed once, and it went back in and then prolapsed again. I pushed it in stitched her up, and about a month later, she prolapsed again and tore the stitches (cow due in March). Is it worth sewing her back up, or is there something else I could do? Published: February 26, 2008
21. What are the advantages and disadvantages of castration of cattle using the cap method (surgical) and the Burdizzo? Published: February 26, 2008
22. My cattle are over two years old. Do they still need blackleg shots? Published: February 26, 2008
23. How long is the Johne's bacteria viable in the environment (for example, in feces in a watering pond)? Can Johne's be transmitted through semen (when purchasing semen to AI)? Published: February 26, 2008
24. What is flank spaying heifers, and how does it compare to other ways to spay? Published: February 26, 2008
25. I want to know if you give calves any vaccinations when they are born in the months of July, August, September, or October. Published: February 26, 2008
26. I have 350-pound nursing calves on rangeland getting sick with nasal discharge, labored breathing, fever, and cough. What should I do? LA 200 seems to help. Any ideas what causes this condition? What vaccine should I use in the future? Published: February 26, 2008
27. Every once in a while, there will be a calf born that has large front knee(s). Why is this? Published: February 26, 2008
28. If a calf is breathing really fast and has scours, is there any chance of saving it? Published: February 26, 2008
29. I have a newborn calf that is unable to walk on its hooves. It walks on its lower joint. One leg seems to be curved as well. Will splints work? I have seen a similar calf earlier, but its condition was not as bad. Please give me some ideas of treatment, or will the condition improve on its own? Published: February 26, 2008
30. What is the cause of these conditions? Premature delivery (8 months) of an Angus calf (50 pounds) with absence of sucking reflex and 60% alopecia. Herd was fed two-year-old hay with 28% hi-pro mineral supplement. Published: February 26, 2008

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