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Beef feedlot industry

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, 2003
The United States cattle feeding sector has changed dramatically over time. Movement from an industry largely populated by farmer feeders using livestock to market their grain production to an industry composed of large, specialized, commercial cattle feeding firms has occurred since the end of World War II.
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Diagnostic and Feedlot Pathology

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, 1998
Common feedlot diseases are discussed with emphasis on pathology and diagnosis. Differential lesions are discussed. Diseases are categorized by body systems.
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Bronchiectasis in Yearling Feedlot Cattle

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 1976
SUMMARY Throughout all of 1974, we surveyed, for illnesses and deaths, about 407,000 yearling feedlot cattle. From the 3,943 dead cattle, 1,988 necropsies were made; of the cattle necropsied, 32 (1.6%) had bronchiectasis. In this disease, the permanently dilated small bronchi and bronchioles, located in ventral parts of the lungs, were filled with ...
R, Jensen   +8 more
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Feedlot Euthanasia and Necropsy

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, 2015
Timely euthanasia of feeder cattle can minimize suffering of cattle that have little hope of recovery or pain abatement. Euthanasia techniques are described, including primary and secondary steps to ensure humane death. Considerations are discussed to ensure rendered product from euthanized cattle will be safe.
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Dust Emissions in Cattle Feedlots

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, 1988
Dust emissions were measured at three Texas cattle feedlots on 15 occasions in 1987 to determine concentrations of total suspended particulate matter (TSP) and dust with 10 microns or less aerodynamic particle size (PM-10). Net feedlot dust concentrations (downwind minus upwind) ranged from 15.7 to 1,700.1 micrograms per m3 and averaged 412.4 +/- 271.2
J B, Sweeten   +3 more
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Feedlot Lameness

American Association of Bovine Practitioners Conference Proceedings, 2006
Lameness affects approximately one of every six cattle in feedlots and accounts for 70% of all sales of non-performing cattle. Salvaged lame feedlot cattle only recover half of their original purchase price, and on average have approximately three month production costs included in their expense before salvage. This paper outlines prevention, treatment
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Management of Pregnant Heifers in the Feedlot

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, 2015
Pregnant heifers in the feedlot pose many economic and management issues to the producer. Heifers that enter the feedlot pregnant will have increased costs associated with them regardless of the management strategy implemented. It is imperative that practitioners be aware of management concerns associated with pregnant heifers in order to provide sound
Ryan D, Rademacher   +2 more
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Abomasal erosions in feedlot cattle

American Journal of Veterinary Research, 1992
Summary The abomasa of 1,949 slaughtered feedlot cattle, 45 necropsied feedlot cattle that died 2 to 45 days after arrival, and 45 necropsied pastured cattle were opened and examined. Of these organs, 484,1, and none, respectively, contained erosions. The slaughtered cattle were fattened at 3 locations: 1,305 with 430 eroded abomasa were fed a ration ...
R, Jensen   +7 more
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The Application of Anthelmintics in the Feedlot

1972
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the application of anthelmintics in the feedlot. With the advent of thiabendazole and several organophosphate anthelmintics, the field of chemotherapy of the helminth parasites of domestic animals has flourished. Currently, there are three anthelmintic compounds approved by the U. S.
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Molybdenum poisoning in feedlot cattle

Australian Veterinary Journal, 1998
Objective To describe a case of acute, fatal molybdenum poisoning in feedlot cattle.Description of the herdIn total, 831 Hereford, Hereford x Angus, and Hereford x Simmental steers, aged 8 to 10 months, with an average body weight of 310 kg were fed a diet, to which sodium molybdate at a rate of 1.9 % of the total ration had been accidently added ...
D A, Swan   +5 more
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