iCEV Beef Management Practices

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