Feedlot Management Primer


Stephen Boyles, Steven Loerch, Francis Fluharty, William Shulaw, and Harvey Stanfield
Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University

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Index

Chapter 1: Purchasing Cattle

The USDA Feeder Calf Grades
Developing A Price For Cattle

Chapter 2. Shipping and Receiving Cattle

Incoming Shrink
The Business Of Receiving Cattle
When And How To Process Cattle
Receiving "Calf" Management
Receiving "Yearling" Management
Vaccination Programs
Status of Cattle
Hospital Pens

Chapter 3. Bunk Management

Scoring Systems
Monitoring The Cattle
Monitoring The Environment
Monitoring The Feed

Chapter 4. Feedstuffs

Water
Dry Corn
High Moisture Corn
Barley
Oats
Wheat
Roughages And Silage
Protein Sources And NPN

Chapter 5. Minerals

Discussion

Chapter 6. Vitamins

Discussion

Chapter 7. Creating Diets Or Balancing Rations

Discussion
Environmental Adjustments For The Nutrition Program
Feed Mixing
Feed Resource Economics

Chapter 8. Feed Additives

Ionophores
Antibiotics
Estrus Suppressant
Buffers
Yeast Cultures
Implant Strategies

Chapter 9. Feeding Programs

Standard Feeding Programs
Limit Feeding Strategies
Holstein Beef Production

Chapter 10. Nutritional Disorders

Acidosis
Bloat
Liver Abbesses And Founder
Sudden Death Syndrome
Urinary Calculi
Foot Rot

Chapter 11. Shipping Finished Cattle

Shipping Finished Cattle
Methods Of Marketing

Literature Cited

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