operational behaviors that Bos taurus (cattle) preform in their normal environment‚ so an ethogram can be proposed. Bos taurus (cattle) are the most common type of cows in the United States. This specific type of cattle can be raised for many functions and products. Dairy‚ meat and other useful products are common products that are made from cattle. The observation for the ethogram took place on a farm that is located in Kernersville‚ North Carolina. Observation for these cattle were based on scan-sampling
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calculi‚ refers to deposits that are in the urinary tract‚ usually found in male cattle and sheep. The deposits block urine from flowing‚ and if there is prolonged blockage it can result in the rupture of the urethra causing the urine to flood into the surrounding tissues. While there are other types of urinary calculi‚ there are 2 that tend to be more common. Both are mineral in nature and also most common in cattle and sheep. The first type is phosphatic and is normally formed when at a feedlot
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Dairy Cattle Production is an important concept in the daily lives of many Americans. We consume more dairy products than any other product every year. The average American consumes 600.5 lbs of dairy products each year not including cheese. Cheese alone we consume around 31.5 lbs a year. Within the 600.5 lbs 181 lbs is milk beverages alone. There are around 60‚000 dairy farms in the United States. Each herd containing about 135 cows. That means there are around 9 million dairy cows in the United
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The cattle industry started to see substantial growth around the 1860s. This growing industry provided new opportunities and endless possibilities to people in the South‚ as they began taking over new lands in the West and creating cow towns. Many Indian tribes were displaced from their native lands so they could be used for the cattle trade. This caused conflicts between white Americans and the Indian people. By expanding the railroad systems westward and forcing Indian tribes to leave their land
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Horses are amazingly beautiful and sensitive creatures. Horses require not only understanding and patience to have a horse as a pet‚ it also requires a whole lot of care. Herd Mentality: Observe horses in the herd system‚ each horse’s welfare in the wild depends upon an instinctive submission to the discipline of the herd. The instinct is for immediate action. To the horse‚ action is survival. When horses live in an herd environment‚ they often take turns sleeping and standing guard for any predators
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Winning My First Horse Show It all started when I saw a horse race on the TV. I was lying on the ground with my dogs. My mom was cooking steak and potatoes for dinner and my dad was sleeping in his bed. My sisters were playing on their phone and tablet. The horses were wearing colorful gear and the riders were matching with the colored helmets and riding outfits. There was a Palomino in yellow‚ a Bay in green and a Bay in blue‚ a Paint in orange‚ and a Black in grey. I could see the jockeys petting
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girl by the name of Nongqawuse received a message. She told her uncle that spirits came to her near the Gxarha River‚ saying‚ "Tell that the whole community will rise from the dead; and that all cattle now living must be slaughtered..." (1). This message became the potent prophecy central to the Xhosa Cattle-Killing Movement of 1856-57‚ one of the "most extraordinary [stories] in human history" (2)‚ a pivotal moment that broke the back of the amaXhosa and ushered in a new era of colonial expansion
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O Level Literature – “Horses” by Edwin Muir The titular creatures in “Horses”‚ despite being rather ordinary animals‚ are viewed by the poet as shocking‚ overwhelming‚ and somewhat divine. Every element of these horses is made to look awe-inspring and godlike‚ inciting both reverence and fear in the poet. The opening verse depicts the horses using words like “terrible‚ “wild”‚ and “strange”‚ as well as them being “Like magic power on the stony grange”. Already‚ we are given an idea of how the
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A Horse and Two Goats is one of the gems from R.K. Narayan`s kitty. The author has contributed immensely to the development of literature by the dint of his irony and humour. `A Horse and Two Goats` reflects the conversation between Muni and a red-faced American depicting the differences in their thoughts‚ owing to the problematized situation as both have their different languages hardly understood by the other. The title signifies the feeling of Muni when he was selling his two goats to the American
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Sperm Sexing In Cattle Sperm sexing is an area of bovine reproduction technology which is utilised to improve and increase farm productivity by taking advantage of the difference in the value of males and females in the dairy and beef industry. It is a useful and accurate application in which the desired X- or Y- bearing chromosome is sorted and stored in a straw for later use. Selection of the desired sex is a potential determining factor to increase the genetic progress and farmer profitability
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