title: Management strategies for adding value to replacement beef heifers: a working model.
abstract: This article provides an overview of the Missouri Show-Me-Select Replacement Heifer Program, and is included to provide an example of a working model for the collective considerations that relate to beef heifer development presented in this issue. This program expanded services provided by veterinarians to cow-calf producers, making veterinary practitioners a more integral part of the overall reproductive management of beef herds in their practice areas.
authors.affiliation: Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA. Electronic address: pattersond@missouri.edu.
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Patterson
authors.forename: D Scott
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: W Justin
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Sexten
authors.forename: Jared E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Decker
authors.forename: Scott E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Poock
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D019649:Food Industry / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D040541:Marketing / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D008460:Meat / Q000600:supply & distribution; D008923:Missouri; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000379:methods
keywords: Beef heifer; Heifer development; Show-Me-Select Replacement Heifer Program