Pregnancy checking is often circled on the calendar months in advance, but for cattle producers, knowing when to check can be just as important as knowing how. On a recent episode of the Beef Cattle ...

“There are many benefits to early pregnancy checking replacement heifer,” says Patrick Davis, University of Missouri Extension livestock field specialist. The Show-Me-Select (SMS) Replacement Heifer ...

There are options for preg checking cattle, including ultrasound, manual palpation or blood tests. Berger says ultrasound can determine if a cow is pregnant as soon as 25 to 30 days, and in the 60 to ...

Checking for pregnancy in beef cattle may cost ranchers money upfront, but could greatly benefit them financially in the long run, as well as help with herd productivity. “It's not cheap to feed ...

Pregnancy testing used to be very seasonal, but now we preg check almost all year round. There are several different methods to pregnancy testing and several different reasons why it is important for ...

Monitoring and measuring key performance indexes of dairy herds can be useful for making management decisions.