National Cattlemen's Beef Association
Feedlot Assessment Program
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20084370Keywords:
Beef Quality Assurance, residue, injections, animal well-being, feedyard, managementAbstract
The NCBA Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) program was started in the 1980s, and emphasizes such things as residue avoidance, proper injections, beef quality and animal well-being. Widespread educational programs have resulted in good producer and veterinary buy-in. The complete BQA program is both broad and complex, and all people working with cattle must know and understand it. In order to determine understanding and compliance with the program, the cattle industry has developed the Beef Quality Assurance Feedyard Assessment. This detailed document provides the framework for assessing BQA practices in a feedyard, and as a result the feedyard management can identify strengths, weaknesses and areas that need improvement to satisfy BQA standards. This document will be showcased and released to the industry at the January 2009 National Cattlemen's Beef Association Annual Conference and Trade Show in Phoenix, Arizona.
