Technological advances and breeding for higher growth and carcass traits have allowed producers to raise their cattle to higher weights at faster rates.
Every event of life stems from a mother, says Janeen Salak-Johnson, associate professor in the Oklahoma State University Department of Animal and Food Sciences.
“Everything that mom experiences her progeny experience, too,” Salak-Johnson adds.
Now, animal and food sciences faculty are investigating the impact on beef cattle immune responses and robustness traits when these cattle are bred for high growth and carcass yielding traits.
