Economic and Production Considerations of Common Feedlot Procedures

Authors

  • Louis Perino Veterinary Educational Center, University of Nebraska, Clay Center, NE

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro19896920

Keywords:

feedlot procedures, performance effects, economic value

Abstract

Certain procedures routinely carried out on calves have negative performance effects. The first step in evaluating each procedure is to determine if it has a significant effect on performance and, if so, estimate the magnitude, so its economic value can be quantified.

Cover image of the 22nd Conference Proceedings: it is the golden hour of the evening and a herd of cattle stand in an orange-tinted field, gazing lazily at the photographer.

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Published

1989-11-14

Issue

1989

Section

Feedlot Session II