OSU research examines how to improve cattle selection practices
By Alisa Boswell-Gore STILLWATER, Okla. – Oklahoma State University researchers have hopes of offering future insight to cattle producers regarding selection practices. What could this mean for the cattle industry? “We’re hoping this will be the first steps in being able to find some selection criteria for immune response and robustness traits, along with the growth, carcass and feed efficiency traits that are currently being emphasized in selection,” said Paul Beck, animal and food sciences associate…