Strategies to improve the efficiency of beef cattle production

SA Terry, JA Basarab, LL Guan… - Canadian Journal of …, 2020 - cdnsciencepub.com
Globally, there are approximately one billion beef cattle, and compared with poultry and
swine, beef cattle have the poorest conversion efficiency of feed to meat. However, these …

A method for assessing sustainability, with beef production as an example

DM Broom - Biological Reviews, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A comprehensive approach to decisions about the use of land and other world
resources, taking full account of biological and other scientific information, is crucial for good …

An evaluation of the economic effects of bovine respiratory disease on animal performance, carcass traits, and economic outcomes in feedlot cattle defined using four …

C Blakebrough-Hall, JP McMeniman… - Journal of Animal …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) causes significant economic losses to the feedlot industry
due to decreased production and increased costs associated with treatment. This study …

Market impacts of reducing the prevalence of bovine respiratory disease in United States beef cattle feedlots

KK Johnson, DL Pendell - Frontiers in veterinary science, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is a common endemic disease among North American
feedlot cattle. BRD can lead to significant economic losses for individual beef cattle feedlot …

Metaphylactic antimicrobial therapy for bovine respiratory disease in stocker and feedlot cattle

JS Nickell, BJ White - Veterinary Clinics: Food Animal …, 2010 - vetfood.theclinics.com
Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is the most prevalent disease process experienced by
stocker and feedlot cattle. BRD results in considerable economic loss from deleterious …

Diagnostic accuracy of clinical illness for bovine respiratory disease (BRD) diagnosis in beef cattle placed in feedlots: a systematic literature review and hierarchical …

E Timsit, N Dendukuri, I Schiller, S Buczinski - Preventive Veterinary …, 2016 - Elsevier
Diagnosis of bovine respiratory disease (BRD) in beef cattle placed in feedlots is typically
based on clinical illness (CI) detected by pen-checkers. Unfortunately, the accuracy of this …

Welfare of calves

EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Animal … - Efsa …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract This Scientific Opinion addresses a European Commission request on the welfare
of calves as part of the Farm to Fork strategy. EFSA was asked to provide a description of …

The nasopharyngeal microbiota of feedlot cattle that develop bovine respiratory disease

DB Holman, TA McAllister, E Topp, ADG Wright… - Veterinary …, 2015 - Elsevier
Bovine respiratory disease is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in feedlot cattle. The
objective of this study was to compare the nasopharyngeal bacterial microbiota of healthy …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of respiratory disease and a preventative antibiotic treatment on growth, survival, age at first calving, and milk production of dairy heifers

AL Stanton, DF Kelton, SJ LeBlanc, J Wormuth… - Journal of Dairy …, 2012 - Elsevier
Bovine respiratory disease complex (BRD) is a common disease in weaned dairy calves that
incurs economic and welfare costs. This study was an extension of a randomized clinical …

Impact of respiratory disease, diarrhea, otitis and arthritis on mortality and carcass traits in white veal calves

B Pardon, M Hostens, L Duchateau, J Dewulf… - BMC veterinary …, 2013 - Springer
Background Little is known on the effects of common calf diseases on mortality and carcass
traits in the white veal industry (special-fed veal), a highly integrated production system …