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Nutrition Management Strategies for the Adaptation of Cull Beef Heifers to Feedlot

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, Volume 69, Issue 1, February 2026.
Providing diets with high roughage in the first days of confinement is the common way of adapting beef cattle to intensive production. However, it is possible to offer the final finishing diet from the first day of adaptation. Our objective was to compare a traditional adaptation protocol, in which animals received a diet with a higher proportion of ...
Manoel Gustavo Paranhos da Silva, Luís Carlos Vinhas Ítavo, Rodrigo da Costa Gomes, Camila Celeste Brandão Ferreira Ítavo, Angelo Herbet Moreira Arcanjo, Juliana Caroline Santos Santana, Priscilla Dutra Teixeira, Antonio Leandro Chaves Gurgel   +7 more
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Bovine respiratory disease complex associated mortality and morbidity rates in feedlot cattle from southeastern Brazil

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2017
Introduction: A feedlot is an intensive farming system for finishing livestock. Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is a cause of morbidity and mortality in beef cattle, especially in feedlots.
Anderson Lopes Baptista, Amanda Lima Rezende, Pedro de Almeida Fonseca, Rodrigo Pelisson Massi, Geison Morel Nogueira, Layane Queiroz Magalhães, Selwyn Arlington Headley, Guilherme Lobato Menezes, Amauri Alcindo Alfieri, João Paulo Elsen Saut   +9 more
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The use of Diathermic Syncope® for stunning cattle

EFSA Journal, Volume 24, Issue 2, February 2026.
Abstract The EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW) was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the use of Diathermic Syncope® (DTS) for stunning cattle. A dossier was provided by the applicant as the basis for an assessment of the extent to which the method is able to provide a level of animal welfare at least equivalent to that ensured by ...
EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW), Søren Saxmose Nielsen, Julio Alvarez, Anette Boklund, Sabine Dippel, Fernanda Dorea, Jordi Figuerola, Mette S. Herskin, Miguel Angel Miranda Chueca, Eleonora Nannoni, Romolo Nonno, Anja B. Riber, Karl Stahl, Jan Arend Stegeman, Hans‐Hermann Thulke, Frank Tuyttens, Virginie Michel, Christoph Winckler, Mohan Raj, Antonio Velarde, Alexei Vyssotski, Yves Van der Stede, Aikaterini Manakidou   +22 more
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Fall grazing improves the performance of Kernza intermediate wheatgrass as a dual‐purpose crop

Agronomy Journal, Volume 118, Issue 1, January/February 2026.
Abstract Kernza intermediate wheatgrass (IWG) [Thinopyrum intermedium (Host) Barkworth & D.R. Dewey] is a perennial grain and forage crop with novel dual‐use potential. Grazing IWG forage and/or intercropping IWG with legumes can increase total annual forage yields, but the effect of grazing timing on grain yield needs to be understood to maximize ...
Priscila Pinto, Nicole E. Tautges, Jacob M. Jungers, Craig C. Sheaffer, Mitchell Hunter, Valentin D. Picasso   +5 more
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A Scoping Review: The Impact of Housing Systems and Environmental Features on Beef Cattle Welfare

Animals, 2020
Housing systems and environmental features can influence beef cattle welfare. To date, little information has been synthesized on this topic. The aim of this scoping review was to examine the relationship between housing and welfare status, so that beef ...
Rachel M. Park, Margaret Foster, Courtney L. Daigle   +2 more
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Engineering Gossypol‐Free Cottonseeds for Future Global Food Security and Agricultural Sustainability

Food Frontiers, Volume 7, Issue 1, January 2026.
This study depicting the role of transcriptomics, RNA interference (RNAi), and CRISPR/Cas9 technologies in the breeding of glandless cottonseed and glanded cotton tissues. This approach demonstrates the potential of cotton as a dual‐purpose crop, serving both the fiber industry and as a sustainable food and feed source.
Teame Gereziher Mehari, Muhammad Yousaf Shani, Junfeng Tang, Hui Fang, Muhammad Jawad Umer, Fang Liu, Kai Wang, Dengbing Yao, Muhammad K. R. Khan, Baohua Wang   +9 more
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Evaluation of the Nasopharyngeal Microbiota in Beef Cattle Transported to a Feedlot, With a Focus on Lactic Acid-Producing Bacteria

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019
The nasopharyngeal (NP) microbiota is important in defining respiratory health in feedlot cattle, with certain NP commensals potentially protecting against bovine respiratory disease (BRD) pathogens.
Samat Amat, Samat Amat, Devin B. Holman, Edouard Timsit, Edouard Timsit, Timothy Schwinghamer, Trevor W. Alexander   +6 more
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Economic and circular economy analysis of including potato waste in beef feedlot diets: a Canadian case study

Frontiers in Sustainability
IntroductionThe present study investigates the combined impact of adding a common agricultural waste by-product alternative feed (cull potatoes) to the diet of feedlot cattle on both economic profitability and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.MethodsA ...
Emma C. Stephens, Isaac Aboagye, Genet Mengistu, Tim McAllister, Kim Ominski   +4 more
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Clinical and pathological study of an outbreak of obstructive urolithiasis in feedlot cattle in southern Brazil

Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2003
The epidemiology, clinical picture and pathology of an outbreak of urolithiasis in cattle in southern Brazil are described. The disease occurred in August 1999 in a feedlot beef cattle herd. Five out of 1,100 castrated steers were affected.
Loretti Alexandre Paulino, Oliveira Luciana Oliveira de, Cruz Cláudio Estêvão Farias, Driemeier David   +3 more
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U.S.-Mexico production costs compared: At present, livestock production more favorable in Imperial Valley

California Agriculture, 1991
Cattle production rates and feed costs are similar in Baja California and Southern California. However, Mexican feedlot and dairy enterprises have higher finance charges and higher total production costs than comparable U.S. enterprises. Assuming current
J Guerrero, N Peterson, J Calderón, A Plasencia, R González   +4 more
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