Beef Cattle Production
- Cow-calf, Bull and Heifer Nutrition and Management
- Breeding, Genetics & Reproduction
- Backgrounding, Yearling and Feedlot Nutrition and Management
- Forage, Pasture & Range Management
- By-Product Feeds
- Beef Forage Crops Systems
- Herd Health
- Beef Product and Quality Assurance
- Marketing and Livestock Budgets
- Drought
Additional University of Nebraska Beef Cattle Resources
Beef Product and Quality Assurance
Fourth Case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in United States
(April 2012) On April 24, 2012 the USDA identified a Dairy Cow in California as the fourth case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) discovered in the United States. UNL Extension Meat Scientist, Dennis Burson, and Extension Veterinarian, David Smith, discuss the safeguards currently in place for preventing BSE positive animals from entering the food supply. Learn more
Previous Articles
- Sampling E.Coli of a Beef Carcass (March 2012)
- FASS Shares AVMA's Concerns Regarding Pew Report on Industrial Farm animal Production (January 2010)
- Mycotoxins in Grain for Feedlot Cattle (December 2009)
- The Impact of Dressing Percent on Cull Cow Marketing (November 2009)
- Tuberculosis in Cattle (June 2009)
- Factors affecting Beef Flavor (March 2009)
- Consumer acceptability of Grass-Fed Steaks (August 2008)
- Can E. Coli Recalls Be avoided with Vaccination? (July 2008)
- Tasco Supplementation of Finishing Cattle Improved Carcass Quality and Increased Retail Shelf Life of Steaks (September 2007)
- U.S. Exports Only 3% of Its Total Beef Production (April 2007)
- Rates of Foodborne Illness are Decreasing (January 2007)
