Assessing and Predicting Feedlot Mortality and Culling Using Standard Feedlot Arrival Data

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  • A. H. Babcock Department of Diagnostic Medicine / Pathobiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66502
  • D. G. Renter Department of Diagnostic Medicine / Pathobiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66502
  • B. J. White Department of Clinical Sciences, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66502
  • H. M. Scott Department of Diagnostic Medicine / Pathobiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66502

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20094350

Keywords:

feedlots, Economic losses, performance

Abstract

Economic losses due to mortality and out-cattle (any animal that died or was culled prior to harvest) are substantial in commercial feedlots, and the ability to estimate potential losses at arrival would be a valuable tool. Our objectives were to quantify effects of arrival risk factors on cumulative mortality and out-cattle risk and assess the resulting models' performance at predicting these risks in commercial feedlots.

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2009-09-10

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