Tropical Beef Cattle Industry in the Western Hemisphere

Excerpts from the Preface: This bibliography consists of selected references, chiefly in the English, Spanish and Portuguese languages, to the literature on the beef cattle industry in the Tropics and the humid sub -tropical regions of the Western Hemisphere. Countries included are Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, the Guianas, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, British Honduras, Panama, Mexico, Cuba, and the West Indies. Florida, and the coastal portions of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas have been included as has Hawaii, which, although it is in the Eastern Hemisphere, is an American dependency. Paraguay and Bolivia have been omitted because due to elevation and situation the climatic conditions are quite different from those in the humid Tropics. The literature here listed appeared for the most part between 1940 and 1950. The bibliography includes within its scope the economics of the industry, the breeds adapted to warm humid climates, the care and management of beef cattle in the Tropics, feeding and nutrition, diseases and parasites, and, because of the great Importance of this subject to the rancher and breeder, pastures, and forage plants. The arrangement is by broad subject, with arrangement within a subject alphabetical by author. An index brings out all important subjects discussed in each publication and includes also names of authors, editors and translators.