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Delayed viral vaccination, along with use of an immunostimulant, could help reduce BRD morbidity and mortality in high-risk calves.

Global animal health leader Alltech is launching a new feeding program that aims to give their cattle customers a competitive advantage in the feedyard.

Hospital pens play a key role in helping animals recover from sickness, and also in preventing the spread of disease to other cattle in a feedlot.

Hospital pens play a key role in helping animals recover from sickness, and also in preventing the spread of disease to other cattle in a feedlot.

Stressed calves could benefit from a delay in vaccination

While predicting disease risk in a group of cattle is relatively reliable for experienced cattle feeders, predicting risk in individual animals presents a much greater challenge.

Can you diagnose cause of death for this feedlot heifer?

Numerous controlled and blinded trials have shown that in high-risk calves arriving at feedlots or stocker operations, mass treatment with an antibiotic significantly reduces BRD sick pulls and mortality.

Can you diagnose cause of death for this feedlot heifer?

Weather plays a key role in feedyard health and performance, seasonally and from year-to-year. A significant portion of that variation, however, relates to changes in management and marketing trends, which are influenc

In a marketplace where margins are tight, change can be hard—and expensive.

A week spent in a feedyard pen is helping researchers gain a better understanding of greenhouse gas emissions.

Feedyard Veterinary Consultant Del Miles combines rigorous science with good-old hard work.

In her research report, Chesney Reeves, a high school student from Central City, Neb., says coccidia was present in 100% of the pens tested and in over 50% of the samples from every pen.

Many U.S. dairies have adopted the use of semen from beef sires as part of an overall shift in their A.I. program.

It is no secret that beef slaughter weights have increased significantly in recent years - about 200 pounds on average since 1996 in fact. Several factors have influenced that trend, but mostly, cattle feeders hav

We know that stresses associated with weaning, transport, comingling, castration, dehorning and feedlot processing increase plasma cortisol concentrations and challenge the immune system.