Department of Animal Sciences

OSU Beef Team

This is a cooperative project with 

Ohio Beef  Council/Ohio Cattlemen's
Association

Ohio Department of Agriculture

Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory

Ohio Beef Quality Assurance

Click here to take the BQA quiz

You can receive "DOCUMENTATION OF ATTENDANCE" status in the OHIO BEEF QUALITY ASSURANCE program by taking the quiz. This is an open book quiz.  You may click on the “X” in the quiz and you will be taken to the "Chapter" where the answer can be found. Click the "x" in the upper right hand corner of your screen to return to your quiz.   All quiz questions must be answered correctly.  Soon after successful completion of the quiz,  you will receive conformation of  your "Documentation of Attendance" status.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

• What is Beef Quality Assurance?
• Ohio BQA Objectives
• Is a BQA Program Necessary?
• BQA History

Industry Quality Challenges

• Injection Site Blemishes/Lesions
• Carcass Quality Defects
• Responsible Drug/Vaccine Use

Meeting the Challenges

• Preventing Injection Site Blemishes/Lesions
• General Recommendations for Giving Injections
• Needle Selection
• When to Change Needles
• Cleaning Syringes and Needles
• Preventing Carcass Quality Defects
• Industry Targets for Carcass Traits
• Dark Cutters
• Reducing the Bruising in Carcasses
• Cattle Handling
• Quality Assurance of Market Cows and Bulls
• Responsible Drug/Vaccine Use
• Extra-Label Use of Drugs
• Limitations to the Extra –Label Use Privilege
• Withdrawal Times
• Drug Storage
• Vaccine Handling Precautions

Ohio Beef Quality Assurance Guidelines

• Feedstuffs
• Feed Source Biosecurity
• Homegrown Feeds
• Purchased Feeds
• Feed Storage, Processing and Handling
• Feed Additives and Medications
• Biosecurity
• Beef and Foodborne Illness
• Antibiotic Resistance
• A Healthy Calf Has Value
• Implants

Individual Identification and Records

• Background Information

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Appendix

• National Cattleman's Beef Association Beef Quality Assurance Guidelines
• Ohio Farm Animal Care Commission: Policy Statement
• Ohio Livestock Environmental Assurance Program

Critical Management Points: 

• Cow-Calf Checklist
• Feedlot Checklist

Example Record Forms

• Cattle Health Product Record
• Cattle Health Record
• Processing Map
• Treatment Record for Individual Cattle
• Mass Medication Pen Record
• Mass Medication in Feed Group/Pen Record
• Ohio BQA Resource List
• Training Document – (Documentation of Attendance)
• Ohio BQA Agreement of Operation
• Acknowledgements

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Contact Steve Boyles, OSU Extension Beef Specialist, if you have questions or comments about this site at boyles.4@osu.edu
2027 Coffey Rd. Columbus, OH 43210-1094