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Many Thoroughbred stallions are being bred to increasing numbers of mares. This practice raises the question of how progeny value is affected by an increased supply of foals by the same sire, which ultimately influences the sire’s value. This paper addresses that question. Three of the...
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The State of the World’s Children 2009 focuses on maternal and neonatal health and identifies the interventions and …
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with NAHMS to select a statistically-valid sample yielding 2,713 producers from 23 states. The 23-state target population …The NAHMS Beef '97 Study was designed to provide both participants and the industry with information on the nation …'s cow-calf population for education and research. The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) collaborated …
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The National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) is sponsored by the USDA:APHIS:Veterinary Services (VS). The NAHMS … Layers '99 Study was designed to provide information about the nation's layer population for education and research purposes … from 15 states for Layers '99. The 15-state target population accounted for over three-quarters of the table egg layers in …
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This report is the first of a three-part release of national information from the second National Animal Health … Monitoring System (NAHMS) swine study, the Swine '95 Grower/Finisher. The first national study, 1990 National Swine Survey … inferences to the nation's swine population. Data for this report were collected from 1,477 producers in sixteen major pork …
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Due to a lack of national information about cull dairy cows, the USDA's National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS … and calves; reasons for culling were not usually related to ill health or systemic disease. Results showed that almost all … with monitoring of cow health in order to market cows earlier can prevent losses due to condemnations at slaughter, which …
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As part of the National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS ), USDA:APHIS:Veterinary Services conducted a national … study of beef production, the Beef Cow/Calf Health and Productivity Audit (CHAPA). This study was designed to provide both … participants and the industry with information on cow/calf health, productivity, and management practices. Data for Part 1: Beef …
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The NAHMS Dairy '96 Study was designed to provide both participants and the industry with information on the nation …'s dairy animal population for education and research. The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) collaborated … with NAHMS to select a statistically valid sample yielding 2,542 producers. Included in the study were 20 states that …
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The National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) is sponsored by the USDA:APHIS: Veterinary Services (VS). The … NAHMS Feedlot '99 Study included feedlots of 1000-head or greater capacity from the 12 leading cattle feeding states …
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with NAHMS to select a statistically-valid sample yielding 2,713 producers from 23 states. The 23-state target population …The NAHMS Beef '97 Study was designed to provide both participants and the industry with information on the nation …'s cow-calf population for education and research. The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) collaborated …
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