Beef Cattle Management Practices

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Across
  1. 2. Packers harvest finished cattle which are purchased from feedlots and other outlets
  2. 4. segment of the beef cattle industry; sole purpose is to feed and fatten cattle
  3. 6. removal of the testicles of a male animal
  4. 7. trouble giving birth
  5. 8. with antibodies; paves the road for future health, immunity and survival of offspring
  6. 9. feeds high in energy and low in fiber
  7. 11. feeds high in fiber
  8. 13. purchase weanling calves from cow/calf producers and feed them out on pasture land
  9. 14. process of giving birth
  10. 15. animals with a four-compartment stomach
  11. 16. science which deals with food and its effects on health
  12. 17. mixture of feedstuffs
  13. 18. number which describes the level of flesh or fat an animal possesses
Down
  1. 1. cow/calf producers who produce breeding stock for purebred or commercial
  2. 3. cattle’s safety zone
  3. 5. number estimate of breeding potential for characteristics, such as gain, muscling and maternal and carcass traits
  4. 8. generally use purebred breeding stock in crossbreeding programs to produce commercial offspring
  5. 10. period of pregnancy in animals; time from conception to birth
  6. 12. regularly occurring state of sexual receptivity during which a female will accept a male; when ovulation takes place