Relationship Between Morbidity and Performance in Feedlot Cattle

Authors

Galen Erickson, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Virgil R. Bremer, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Terry Klopfenstein Klopfenstein, Universitiy of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
David R. Smith, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Kathryn J. Hanford, University of NebraskaFollow
Robert E. Peterson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Luis O. Burciaga-Robles, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Dan B. Faulkner, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Clint R. Krehbiel, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

2011

Comments

Published in 2011 Nebraska Beef Cattle Report. Published by the Agricultural Research Division, University of Nebraska Extension, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Copyright © 2011 The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska.

Abstract

Five datasets from Canada, Oklahoma, Illinois, and Nebraska were used to determine the impact of bovine respiratory disease (BRD) on performance, with emphasis on dry matter intake (DMI) and feed to gain ratio (F:G). Data included pens and individually fed cattle. In general, cattle treated for BRD had lower DMI and average daily gain (ADG) with little to no effect on F:G. When BRD occured early in the feeding period (days), little change in performance was observed.