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Thus, a cycle may be short, totaling approximately 3 weeks. [21] Horses mate in spring and summer; autumn is a transition time, and anestrus occurs during winter. A feature of the fertility cycle of horses and other large herd animals is that it is usually affected by the seasons. The number of hours daily that light enters the eye of the ...
Various pathologies which can be caused by heat stress, many specific to cattle. [2] As of 2009, there were 1.2 billion cattle in the world, with around 82% in the developing countries; [50] the totals only increased since then, with the 2021 figure at 1.53 billion. [51]
Cattle feedlot in Colorado, United States. Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fibre, milk, or other products.It includes day-to-day care, management, production, nutrition, selective breeding, and the raising of livestock.
Name in German English name if used Notes Image Angler: Angeln [1]: 48 [2] Angler Rind alter Zuchtrichtung extremely endangered [3] Ansbach-Triesdorfer extremely endangered [1]: 48 [2] [3] Berchtesgadener Katze extinct: Braunvieh [2] Braunvieh alter Zuchtrichtung [1]: 48 [2] Original Braunvieh: gravely endangered [3] Deutsch Angus: German Angus
Hundreds of cattle died in Iowa from extreme heat and humidity in late July, the state and livestock producers said, as the world recorded its hottest month ever. The losses further trim the U.S ...
Estrous synchronisation is the process of targeting female mammals to come to heat within a short time frame (36 to 96 hours). This is achieved through the use of one or more hormones. Methods to improve our ability to synchronize the reproductive process and result in the ‘timed insemination’ without the detection of heat have been developed.
Gelbvieh (pronounced, German for "yellow cattle") is a cattle breed originating in several Franconian districts of Bavaria, Germany in the mid-eighteenth century. [4] [7] It was originally a triple-purpose breed, used for milk, beef and draught power; the modern Gelbvieh is primarily used for beef production.
Horand was declared to be the first German Shepherd Dog. [4] However, many German herdsmen continued to breed their dogs for working ability rather than to the new breed standard, and their remaining non-standardised working dogs were called Altdeutscher Schäferhund (plural with -hunde), literally 'old-German shepherd-dog'. [5] [6] [7] [8]