Improving immunization coverage in a rural school district in Pierce County, Washington.

Washington State has some of the highest percentages of school immunization exemptions in the country. We compared school immunization records in a rural school district in Pierce County, Washington, to immunization records in the state immunization information system (IIS) and parent-held records. Correcting school immunization records resulted in an increase in the number of students classified as fully immunized from 1,189 to 1,564 (p < .

Effect of prepubertal body weight gain and breed on carcass composition at puberty in beef heifers.

Fourteen prepubertal Angus heifers, all of which reached puberty, and 11 Santa Gertrudis (SG) heifers, eight of which reached puberty, were divided into two treatment groups. There was no breed difference in age at puberty for those that reached puberty. Treatment 1 (T1) heifers, fed to gain .