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  International Brangus Breeders Association (IBBA) President Brandon Belt announced plans for an International Brangus Breeders Foundation (IBBF) research study on Aug. 17 at the Southeast Brangus Breeders Association (SBBA) Cattlemen’s Gathering in Brighton, Florida. The IBBF research project will be focused on thermoregulation in beef cattle, specifically of Brangus influence. The study will be…

by IBBA President Brandon Belt   I hope all of you are having a good summer. Ours has been great so far. It has gotten hot, but we got 1 ½ inches of rain on July Fourth – Happy Independence Day! That doesn’t happen very often.   We attended the Texas Junior Brangus Show in…

by IBBA Executive Vice President Tommy Perkins, PhD., PAS   What a difference a year makes as this time last year we were settling into a small rented office space awaiting the remodel of our new office. Twelve months later we are enjoying the very open, functional and spacious office building, compliments of the board…

by Associate Professor & Extension Specialist Thomas B. Hairgrove, DVM, PhD., DABVP   To begin, I do not believe it is appropriate to recommend “cookie cutter” vaccination programs. Your vaccine program must be developed with your risks and expectations in mind. Vaccines are tools that go into your herd health tool chest. What are your…

by IBBA Executive Vice President Tommy Perkins, PhD., PAS   Genomic selection has played an important role in cattle breeding programs for the last five or so years. Brangus breeders have DNA tested more than 11,000 animals in the past three years with low density (<50K) and high density (>50K) panels, which have resulted in…

by IBBA Field Service Representative Matt Murdoch     The purpose of cloning livestock is to reproduce superior livestock genetics and maintain the herd at the highest quality. Cloning allows breeders to recreate an exact genetic copy of an existing animal. Cloning has been used since 1996 when the first successful cloning was completed in…

by Whitney Whitworth, PhD.   To begin, it is important to note some basics of animal nutrition. Cattle partition nutrients they receive from feeds and forages in a very ordered way. The first thing a bovine uses nutrients for is daily maintenance. This is what they use for moving about the pasture, grazing, ruminating, watering,…

by Buck Thomason   As chairman of the International Brangus Breeders Association’s (IBBA) International Committee, I am often asked, “Why do we have the committee, and what does it do for me, the member?” These questions can be answered in several ways, beginning with, “We have significant competition for our genetics in the World Market. This…

by Marcos Borges   The Panama Brangus Angus Association (Asociación Panameña de Criadores de Ganado Angus y Brangus de la Republica de Panamá – APANGUS) organized a very good Brangus event at the Azuero Livestock in April 2017. The objective of the presentations was to facilitate the exchange of information, experiences, ideas and genetics among…

by Brodie Miller, DVM   In veterinary school we learned about reportable diseases and what our duties were related to these diseases as accredited veterinarians. It seemed that most of the focus, or at least what I retained, concerned the well-known disease programs such as brucellosis, tuberculosis, and equine infectious anemia. I, also, recall the…