Volume 12: Livestock Farming
Index

A

abbatoirs

Aberdeen and District Milk Marketing Board

abomasum  2

abortion

ADAS see Agricultural Development and Advisory Service

ADC see Animal Data Centre

afterbirth

aged cows

Agricultural Development and Advisory Service (ADAS)  2,  3

agricultural economy

Agricultural Marketing Act 1931

Agricultural Marketing Act 1933

Agricultural Marketing Act 1955 (Northern Ireland)

Agriculture Act 1947

Agriculture Act 1957

Agriculture Act 1967

Agriculture Act 1970

agriculture output

AI see artificial insemination

animal by-products

Animal Data Centre (ADC)

Animal Health Act 1981

Animal Health and Veterinary Group (MAFF)

animal health and welfare

Animal Health Office

animal waste

approved bull scheme

artificial insemination  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7

artificial insemination centres

Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (England and Wales) Regulations 1985

Associated AI Centres

Association of County Councils

automatic dispensers

Ayrshires

B

barley

barley beef system

beef  2

beef breeding cattle

beef calves

beef cattle  2,  3

beef cow holdings

beef cows

beef export  2

beef farming

beef herd

beef import

beef production  2,  3

beef sources

Beef Special Premium Scheme  2

Beef Variable Premium Scheme

beef, 18-month

beef, 24-month

Best Linear Unbiased Prediction (BLUP)

blood meal

BLUP see Best Linear Unbiased Prediction

Bobby calves

bought-in cattle

Bovine Animals (Identification, Marking and Breeding Records) Order 1990 (SI 1867)

Bovine Animals (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 1995 (SI 12)

Bovine Embryo (Collection, Production and Transfer) Regulations 1995

Bovine Embryo Collection and Transfer Regulations

breed trends

breeding decisions

breeding management

breeding practices

breeding programmes  2,  3,  4,  5

breeding qualities

breeding techniques

brewers grains

brucellosis  2

bulk food deliveries

bulling

bullocks

bulls  2

butter

butterfat  2

C

calves  2,  3,  4,  5,  6

calves, beef

calves, crossbred

calves, dairy

calves, feeding

calves, surplus

calving  2

campylobacteriosis

Canada

CAP see Common Agricultural Policy

carcasses  2

cassava

castrated bulls

cattle  2

cattle digestive system

cattle farming

cattle movement  2,  3

cattle population

cattle rearing

cattle-tracking  2,  3

cereal beef

cereal by-products

cereal grains

cereals  2

Charolais  2

cheese

Chemical Safety of Food Division (MAFF)

chemically treated straw

chewing the cud

citrus pulp

coconut cake

commercial breeding services

Commission Decision 92/290/EEC

Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)  2,  3

communication with farmers

compound feedstuffs  2,  3,  4,  5

compound feedstuffs, use following BSE

computerised least cost formulation

concentrates  2,  3,  4,  5

concentrates, shelf life

conception

control measures

cottonseed

Coulthard, Mr Harry

Council Directive 89/556/EEC

Council Directive 92/102/EEC  2

Council Regulation EEC 805/68

cows  2

crossbreeding  2

cull bulls

cull cows  2

D

dairy breeding cattle

dairy calves

dairy cattle  2,  3

dairy farming  2

dairy herd  2

Dairy Shorthorns

DANI see Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland

Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland (DANI)  2,  3

diet see feedstuffs

digestive system of cattle

diluent

Directive see Council Directive 92/102/EEC

disease control programmes

disease epidemics

diseases

Diseases of Animals Act 1950

E

Ear Tag Allocation System (ETAS)

ear tags  2,  3

economics

EEC see European Economic Community

eggs

ejaculate

embryo

embryo transfer  2,  3,  4,  5,  6

emergence of BSE

England  2,  3,  4,  5

enzootic bovine leukosis

eradication programmes

ETAS see Ear Tag Allocation System

EU see European Union

European Economic Community

European Economic Community Directives and Regulations see Council Directives, Council Regulations

European Union

export of beef  2

F

farming practice

fattened cattle  2

fattening  2,  3

fattening farms

feather meal

Federation of United Kingdom Milk Marketing Boards

Federation see Federation of United Kingdom Milk Marketing Boards

feeding  2

Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1986 (SI 1986 No. 177)

Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1991

feeding systems

feedingstuffs see feedstuffs

feedstuffs  2,  3

feedstuffs, compound  2,  3,  4,  5

feedstuffs, contamination

feedstuffs, formulation

feedstuffs, home mixing

feedstuffs, labelling

feedstuffs, lack of information on ingredients

feedstuffs, preparation

feedstuffs, spoilage

feedstuffs, storage and distribution

fermentation

fertility management

fibrous materials

field beans

finished cattle

finishing  2

fishmeal  2

fleece wool

fodder raddish

foetus

Follicular Stimulating Hormone (FSH)

foot and mouth disease

forage  2

forage rape

France

Friesian/Ayrshire crosses

Friesian/Holstein crosses  2

Friesians  2,  3

frozen semen

FSH see Follicular Stimulating Hormone

fungal mycotoxins

G

gene maps

gene pool

genetic defects

genetic mutations

genetics  2,  3

Genus Limited  2

geographical distribution of cattle  2

geographical spread of BSE

gestation period

Gill, Mr Ben  2

Government influence on agricultural economy

Government Ministers  2

grass  2,  3,  4

Great Britain  2,  3,  4

Guernseys