Tag: Cattle

January 4, 2024

The Most Land, the Best Cattle The Waggoners of Texas

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Free Download Judy Alter, "The Most Land, the Best Cattle: The Waggoners of Texas"
English | ISBN: 1493052632 | 2021 | 160 pages | PDF | 11 MB
In the 19th century, Daniel Waggoner and his son, W.T. (Tom), put together an empire in North Texas that became the largest ranch under one fence in the nation. The 520,000-plus acres or 800 square miles covers six counties and sits on a large oil field in the Red River Valley of North Texas. Over the years, the estate also owned five banks, three cottonseed oil mills, and a coal company.

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January 1, 2024

Cattle Welfare in Dairy and Beef Systems A New Approach to Global Issues

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Free Download Cattle Welfare in Dairy and Beef Systems: A New Approach to Global Issues by Marie Haskell
English | PDF (True) | 2023 | 466 Pages | ISBN : 3031210190 | 21.8 MB
This book provides a comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the welfare of cattle. It starts with a consideration of animal welfare science and its application to the management of cattle and moves through to discussions of the challenges and opportunities for providing good welfare for cattle in farming and husbandry systems across the globe. The first section comprises three chapters that discuss the social, behavioural and physiological methods that can be used to assess welfare in cattle. The second section considers the welfare challenges of beef and dairy cattle in extensive and intensive systems. The third section details welfare challenges such as at slaughter, during handling and in the growing period and details solutions such as the use of sensors and application of animal breeding techniques. The final section addresses welfare challenges and solutions in achieving sustainability, in smallholder farms in Africa and new entrant dairying in Asia and cow shelters in India.

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