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The Application of Anthelmintics in the Feedlot
1972Publisher 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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Role of the feedlot veterinarian
The Bovine Practitioner, 1971The veterinary profession stands ready to provide service where the demand is, but it has been remarkably reluctant to promote demand or to educate prospective clients on their own responsibilities toward realization of the potential in veterinary medicine.
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Management of Pregnant Heifers in the Feedlot
Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, 2015Pregnant 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
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American Association of Bovine Practitioners Conference Proceedings, 2003
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP) has been recognized in feedlot cattle for decades, but the cause is still unknown. AIP is most common in cattle on feed greater than 45 days; heifers may be disproportionately affected. Clinical signs suggest severe respiratory distress, but a definitive diagnosis can only be made at postmortem.
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Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP) has been recognized in feedlot cattle for decades, but the cause is still unknown. AIP is most common in cattle on feed greater than 45 days; heifers may be disproportionately affected. Clinical signs suggest severe respiratory distress, but a definitive diagnosis can only be made at postmortem.
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Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 1974
The degree of marbling and the thickness of subcutaneous fat at the 10th rib cut of the M. longissimus was studied in three groups of 450 kg Santa Gertrudis crossbred and Hereford steers fattened for 120 days on three grain-based diets in a commercial feedlot.
RL Hood, RF Thornton, FD Shaw
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The degree of marbling and the thickness of subcutaneous fat at the 10th rib cut of the M. longissimus was studied in three groups of 450 kg Santa Gertrudis crossbred and Hereford steers fattened for 120 days on three grain-based diets in a commercial feedlot.
RL Hood, RF Thornton, FD Shaw
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Feedlot Euthanasia and Necropsy
Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, 2015Timely 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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American Association of Bovine Practitioners Conference Proceedings, 1983
What does it really cost when an animal gets sick? A question that is extremely important to our organization.We feed over 250,000 animals a year in Southwest Kansas and the Oklahoma Panhandle. To support decision making we have a computer data management section which has helped us review and analyze the performance of selected groups of animals ...
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What does it really cost when an animal gets sick? A question that is extremely important to our organization.We feed over 250,000 animals a year in Southwest Kansas and the Oklahoma Panhandle. To support decision making we have a computer data management section which has helped us review and analyze the performance of selected groups of animals ...
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American Association of Bovine Practitioners Conference Proceedings, 1975
The treatment was successful, but the animal starved. This may be an extreme example but, in ruminants, one cannot divorce nutrition from therapy in sick animals. It might be useful to briefly review the chain of events which are nutritionally related to an infectious disease resulting in fever. Fever can be defined as any condition of positive ...
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The treatment was successful, but the animal starved. This may be an extreme example but, in ruminants, one cannot divorce nutrition from therapy in sick animals. It might be useful to briefly review the chain of events which are nutritionally related to an infectious disease resulting in fever. Fever can be defined as any condition of positive ...
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1995
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses about causes of illness and death in feedlot cattle. Pneumonia was the major disease and undoubtedly caused more economic losses than all other diseases combined. Upon necropsy it was found that the tracheas and lungs contained both pathogenic and nonpathogenic organisms with the majority of bacteria isolated ...
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Publisher Summary This chapter discusses about causes of illness and death in feedlot cattle. Pneumonia was the major disease and undoubtedly caused more economic losses than all other diseases combined. Upon necropsy it was found that the tracheas and lungs contained both pathogenic and nonpathogenic organisms with the majority of bacteria isolated ...
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A review of bloat in feedlot cattle.
Journal of Animal Science, 1998Improvements in feedlot management practices and the use of various feed additives have reduced, but not eliminated, the occurrence of bloat in feedlot cattle. Feedlot bloat reduces the profitability of production by compromising animal performance and more directly by causing fatalities.
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