Heart Block. Heart block refers to an abnormality in the way electricity passes through the normal electrical pathways of the heart. The abnormality blocks the electrical impulse from continuing through the normal pathways and usually results in a slower heart rate. Heart block can be caused by:
Beef cattle are cattle raised for meat production (as distinguished from dairy cattle, used for milk production). The meat of adult cattle is known as beef. There are three main stages in beef production: cow-calf operations, backgrounding, and feedlot operations.When raised in a feedlot, cattle are known as feeder cattle.Many such feeder cattle are born in cow-calf operations specifically designed to produce beef calves. While the principal use of beef cattle is meat production, other uses include leather, and products used in shampoo and cosmetics. breed of cattle indigenous to the Pinz Valley, near Salzburg, Austria. Reared and used as dairy cattle in Europe although they are well adapted to drier landscapes of there USA, Australia and Southern Africa where they are kept for beef production or dual purposes.
Beef cattle ranches raise cattle for beef production. Some ranches are cow calf enterprises. Cows produce calves yearly. The calves are sold at weaning age, usually when they are 6 months old and weigh about 500 pounds. In a feeder or stocker enterprise, weaner calves are purchased and fed until 700 to 900 pounds.