Liver abscesses may be costing Canadian beef producers far more than anyone realized a decade ago. A Canadian beef quality audit conducted 10 years ago pegged the annual cost at $61 million. But that ...
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas — As consumer demand for beef continues to reach historic highs, feedlot operators are paying close attention to anything that affects cattle health, performance and ...
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION— As consumer demand for beef continues to reach historic highs, feedlot operators are paying close attention to anything that affects cattle health, performance and carcass value ...
Failing to meet UK retail market specifications for beef can cost farmers about 30p/kg for cattle over 30 months of age, and about 10p/kg for those under 270kg or over 420kg. Presenting animals at the ...
Cow on a summer pasture. Herd of cows grazing in Alps. Holstein cows on summer pasture. Mature cow at grass field. Cows eating grass at pasture. Cow Farm. Cows grazing at pasture.© K-Shoot ...
If you brought a steak home and noticed an odd, pale lump within the meat, chances are it's not marbling but an abscess. Food Republic spoke to Dr. Crystal Heath, DVM and Executive Director at Our ...
Salmonella is one of the leading causes of foodborne illnesses in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and can spread to people from a variety of foods, ...
As beef-on-dairy crossbreeding continues to provide added profits for dairy farmers across the nation, researchers are trying to keep pace with the growing population of crossbred cattle — because ...
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Recent research has shown that some groups of fed feedlot cattle include a high percentage of the livestock showing signs of congestive heart failure. Over the years, this problem ...
Abscessed bovine liver. Photo by the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. Liver abscesses continue to be a challenge for the fed cattle industry, especially for the beef-on-dairy sector. They ...
Cattle are good at many things, but one of the things they excel at is creating lumps. Whether it is an abscess on the jaw or a swelling on the shoulder, it is very common for cattle to have an ...
At a time when the cattle herd is at historic lows due to the soaring costs of inputs and drought, beef-on-dairy cattle—cattle from dairy animals inseminated by semen from beef cattle—have been a boon ...