The University of Florida has Beef Cattle & Forage Research Units near Gainesville, Marianna, and Ona, Florida.
University of Florida Beef Cattle Research Reports
The University of Florida Animal Science Department just released the 2013 edition of their annual Beef Cattle Research Report. The links below provide direct links to specific summaries of the most recent research trials that have been conducted. These are not how to guides, but do provide information on the latest research that was completed in 2012. All of the summaries are Acrobat PDF files, so you must have acrobat reader installed on your computer to view them. Or you can download the full 135 page document: 2013 Florida Beef Research Report. To access all of the Beef Cattle Research reports written since 1979 go to: 1979 – 2013 UF Beef Research Reports.
2013 Florida Beef Research Summaries
Meat Products
- Evaluation of Ground Beef Quality from Commodity and Premium Quality Trimmings (333KB)
- Effects of Packaging Type and Storage Characteristics and the Effect of
Steak Location on Palatability and Color Stability of Center Cut Top Sirloin Aged for Extended Storage Postmortem (219KB) - Effect of Packaging Type, Storage Time and Temperature on the Beef Strip Loin and Shoulder Clod Heart Steaks (240KB)
- Performance and Carcass Traits of Grass-finished vs. Grain-finished Steers in Florida (182KB)
- Consumer Acceptability of Commercially-available Domestic Grass-fed and Grain-fed Beef (182KB)
Management and Reproduction
- Effects of Feeding Perennial Peanut Hay on Growth, Development, Attainment of Puberty, and Fertility in Beef Replacement Heifers (166KB)
- Effects of 48 and 72-Hour Temporary Calf Removal during Estrous Synchronization on Pregnancy Rates and Calf Performance in Suckled Beef Cows (237KB)
- Effect of Adding Rumen Degradable Protein to a Dried Distillers Grain
Supplement on Growth, Body Composition, Blood Metabolites, and Reproductive Performance in Yearling Angus and Brangus Heifers (227KB) - Effects of Metabolic Imprinting on Growth and Reproductive Performance of Early-weaned Beef Heifers (237KB)
- Effects of Metabolic Imprinting on Growth and Reproductive Performance of Early-weaned Beef Steers (240KB)
- Evaluation of Beef Cattle Winter Feeding Systems in the Southeast (200KB)
Nutrition
- Effects of Inclusion of Anti-phospholipase A2 Antibody to Backgrounding
Diets on Performance, Feed Efficiency and the Acute-phase Response of Growing Beef Calves (185KB) - Effects of Anti-phospholipase A2 Antibody Supplementation on Dry Matter
Intake, Feed Efficiency and the Acute-phase Response and Blood Differentials of Steers Fed Backgrounding and Finished Diets (250KB) - Comparison of Manufactured Supplement to a Commodity Blend for Preconditioning Beef Calves (396KB)
- Comparison of Feed Additives during Preconditioning on Growth and Performance of Beef Calves (293KB)
- Effect of Amount of Inclusion of Dried Distillers Grains Supplement on Adaptation in Steers Consuming Bermudagrass Round Bale Silage (196KB)
- Effect of Dried Distillers Grain Supplemental on Forage Intake, Digestibility, and
and Rumen Parameters in Steers Consuming Bermudagrass Round Bale Silage (213KB) - Comparison of Different Feeding Levels of a Recycled-product Supplemented to Precondition Weaned Beef Calves (211KB)
- Effects of Dried Distillers Grains + Condensed Distillers Soluble Supplements
(Sweetpro® Products) on Measures of Growth and Apparent Diet Digestibility in Forage-fed Yearling Beef Calves (253KB)
Forages
- Strip-planting Rhizoma Peanuts in Existing Bahiagrass Pastures: A Strategy to Include Legumes in Florida’s Forage-livestock Systems (620KB)
- Estimation of Total Tract Apparent Digestibility of Nutrients in Three Annual Winter Forages Using Two Different Digestibility Markers (220KB)
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