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how do you profit from reproduction?

  • How I profit from improved reproduction?
    John Moes, Moes Ranch, Flourance, S.D.
  • How I profit from improved reproduction?
    Danny Schiefelbein, Schiefelbein Farms, Kimball, Minn.
  • Hitting the target for a high-quality product
    Dr. Larry Corah, vice president, Certified Angus Beef LLC, Manhattan, Kan.
  • Improving reproduction to improve longevity in the herd, Dr. Eric Mousel, associate professor and department chair, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Northwest Missouri State University–Maryville

Importance of estrus

  • Physiological factors that increase pregnancy rate following artificial insemination, Dr. Michael Smith, professor, Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri–Columbia
  • Control of estrus in heifers, Dr. David Patterson, professor, Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri–Columbia
  • Control of estrus in cows, Dr. Cliff Lamb, professor and extension beef cattle specialist, North Florida Research and Education Center, Department of Animal Science, University of Florida–Marianna

Inseminator Efficiency and Male fertility

  • Insemination-related factors affecting fertilization in cattle, Dr. Joe Dalton, associate professor, Department of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Idaho Caldwell Research and Extension Center
  • Managing bull development to optimize fertility, Dr. Albert Barth, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan
  • Control of estrus with natural service, Dr. Carl Dahlen, assistant professor and beef cattle specialist, Department of Animal Science, North Dakota State University–Fargo
Genetics
  • DNA testing: What we know, what we don’t know, and how we can use it, Dr. Michael Gonda, assistant professor, Department of Animal Science, South Dakota State University–Brookings
  • Using DNA to determine the performance and economics of commercial herd bulls in multi-sire natural-service breeding groups, Dr. Alison Van Eenennaam
  • What we know about the genetics of reproduction, Dr. Robert Cushman, research physiologist, Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, Neb.

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Herd fertility And nutrition

  • Nutritional influences on reproduction: energy and protein, Dr. Scott Lake, assistant professor and beef cattle specialist, Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming–Laramie
  • Mineral nutrition and its impact on reproduction, Dr. Cody Wright, professor, Department of Animal Science, South Dakota State University–Brookings
  • Fetal programming: Implications for cattle production, Dr. Rick Funston, associate professor, University of Nebraska West Central Research and Extension Center, North Platte, Neb.

management of stress

  • Handling stress, Dr. Reinaldo Cooke, assistant professor and beef cattle specialist, Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center, Oregon State University–Burns
  • Heifer development, Dr. George Perry, associate professor and beef reproduction specialist, Department of Animal Science, South Dakota State University–Brookings
  • Changes in gody condition on oocyte quality and embryo survival, Dr. Allen Bridges, assistant professor, North Central Research and Outresearch Center, University of Minnesota–Grand Rapids

vaccination and Pregnancy determination

  • Management considerations to minimize reproductive diseases, Dr. Russell Daly, extension veterinarian and associate professor, State Public Health Veterinarian, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Science, South Dakota State University–Brookings
  • How to get the most out of your vaccination program, Dr. Chris Chase, professor, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, South Dakota State University–Brookings
  • Pregnancy determination: Palpation and beyond, Dr. Matthew Lucy, professor, Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri–Columbia

advancing technologies:
sexed semen and embryo Transfer

  • Embryo transfer: Are efficiencies improving?, Dr. John Hasler, technical consultant, Bioniche Animal Health Inc., Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Managing embryo transfer to improve success, Dr. Cliff Lamb, professor and extension beef cattle specialist, North Florida Research and Education Center, Department of Animal Science, University of Florida–Marianna
  • Sexed semen: How we sex it and the best use for it, Dr. George Seidel, distinguished professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology Laboratory, Colorado State University–Fort Collins
  • Can sexed semen work in your herd?, Dr. John Hall, professor and extension beef specialist and superintendent, University of Idaho Nancy M. Cummings Research Extension and Education Center, Carmen, Idaho

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