Author: Alfred O. Rhoad

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Published: 1955

Total Pages: 248

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Modern point men: an address of wilcome; Introduction: The impact of science on ranching; The unfavorable environment; Degeneration of the British beef breeds in the tropics and subtropics; Heat tolerance in cattle; The effects of climate on reproduction; Climatic stress in animal health; The effects of low-plane nutrition on production; Soil fertility in relation to production; Breeding range grasses for a difficult environment; Breeding beef cattle for the unfavorable environment; The forest ox, or kouprey, of southeast Asia; Estimates of heritability in a breeding program; Building breeds as a problem in population genetics; The place of crossbreeding and inbreeding; The development and maintenance of high genetic standard; Quality of beef as related to grade and laboratory test; The improvement of indigenous breeds in subtropical environments; Improving indian breeds in Brazil; Procedures used in developing the Santa Gertrudis breed; The interrelation of scientific research and practice; Our one hundred years of ranching - what next?.