Health & Reproduction “Looking at things from the consumer perspective, beef quality could improve; that is everything from carcass composition and conformation, to the eating quality with improved traits such as appearance, flavor, tenderness, juiciness,” said Dawson.
Bowman auction market april 15, 2013 • 1:00 p.m. mt Bowman, nD
selling 80 Bulls
Bulls can Be vieweD at miDlanD Bull test, columBus, mt, until april 10, 2013. SiReS RePReSenTeD:
Hoover Dam • Med Rock Contrast 702 091 • Bovagene Sprint LCR By CC&7 • Connealy Contrast • M Diamond Travelin’ Man by GDAR Traveler 044 • Rock’n D Proficient 2915 • Big Rok Ole 450 and others
“Nutrigenomics is the interface between nutrition and genomics, and fetal programming can change the nutritional requirements of the animal,” says Karl Dawson, vice president and chief scientific officer of research for Alltech. Courtesy photo Amanda Radke
connealy Final product
high prime 4037
harb windy 758Jh
medicine rocks ranch
Frank & Charlene Mehling 1021 Highway 7 • Baker, MT
(406) 775-6478
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This information can help better utilize resources, thus reducing the carbon footprint of the beef industry and lowering the environmental impact. “Nutrition is now a process to be controlled through the life of an animal, from conception to harvest,” said Dawson. “It can lower oxidation, improve moisture, decrease cholesterol and fat and improve meat quality.”