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Information about several papers discussed at a symposium during the American Society of Animal Science Southern Section annual meeting, held on February 6, 2012, in Birmingham, Alabama, on beef cattle production, is presented. Topics include stocker cattle production models, physiology of newly received calves, and nutrition and management practices to enhance calf health. The symposium featured several experts on animal science including Curt Lacy, Darrell Rankins, and Clint Krehbiel.

The article offers information on several meetings related to animal science including the Southern Section meeting of the American Society of Animal Science to be held in Birmingham, Alabama on February 4-7, 2012, the 2012 Southwest Nutrition and Management Conference at the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel in Tempe, Arizona on February 22-24, 2012, and the Midwestern Section of the American Society of Animal Science in Des Moines, Iowa on March 19-21, 2012.