Ol Grey – by Melissa Blasi
Quarantine Quandary
– By GILDA V. BRYANT – Update on TEXAS CATTLE FEVER TICKS In the late 1800’s, Texas Cattle Fever caused extensive cattle losses. To combat this deadly disease caused by ticks, the Bureau of Animal Industries, predecessor of the USDA (see Looking Back, September/October 2017 issue, p. 162), developed the first tick eradication program in […]
Super-tuning Stayability
A Valuable EPD Benefits from a ‘BOLT’ …just read it, you’ll get it…. By Jaime Pullman Raising cattle is an investment in time, money, and hard work. Since no one wants to waste any of those things, it’s best to be working from good information when making genetic decisions. Recent developments by International Genetic […]
Three Bars
By Marshall Cator The Kentucky Derby and all the hoopla of the “run for the roses” got me thinking about a story someone told me about visiting Secretariat’s grave. He described a fenced-off area along a little back road, tucked into a meadow, like so many little family cemeteries established long ago. It was […]