{"id":21671,"date":"2021-10-12T12:49:34","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T16:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/?page_id=21671"},"modified":"2026-01-05T14:57:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T19:57:17","slug":"animal-science-beef-learning-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/stem-toolkits\/animal-science-beef-learning-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal Science: Beef Learning Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-13759 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/12\/4h-beef-2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Herd of beef cattle\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/12\/4h-beef-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/12\/4h-beef-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/12\/4h-beef-2-105x105.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/12\/4h-beef-2-317x317.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/12\/4h-beef-2-423x423.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/12\/4h-beef-2-634x634.jpg 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/12\/4h-beef-2-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/12\/4h-beef-2.jpg 665w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/>The Beef Learning Lab 4-H Science toolkit\u00a0is from Ohio State University Extension Learning Labs and includes activities that cover learning beef breeds, trait identification, basic anatomy structures, learning feet and leg structure of beef cows, medicine labels and inserts, and animal handling. 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