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Optimizing Animal Health Dr. Chase Wendorff, BSc, DVM
My background
An inspiration
John Brethour – award at Beef Improvement Federation
Don't let your big-picture thinking stop you from caring about the small stuff. Paying attention to the
details could give you a competitive advantage.
The Key to Feeding Cattle Success
Buy cattle at a low price
1
Feed them cheaply
2
Sell them at a high price
3
Distracted Flying
We may not be able to control the PRICE and WEATHER
So what can we control?
This Code focuses on the
animal
• It recognizes the basic principle that the well-being of cattle is a prime consideration and that cattle treated well benefit producers
What can we control?
Animal Environment
1
Feed and Water
2
Animal Health
3
Animal Husbandry
4
Transportation
5
On-Farm Euthanasia
6
Animal Environment
• High Temperature and Humidity
• Extreme Cold
Protection from Extreme Weather
Facilities for all cattle
Additional facilities for calving cows
Feed and Water
Nutrition and Feed Management
Water
Animal Health
Herd Health Management
Sick, Injured, and Cull Cattle
• Managing Risk of Bovine Respiratory Disease
• Lameness
• Nutritional Disorders associated with High Energy Feeding
• Buller-Steer Syndrome
• Managing Pregnant Heifers in the Feedlot
Health Conditions related to Feedlot Cattle
Safety and Emergencies
Animal Husbandry Handling and Moving Cattle
Weaning
Identification
Reproduction and Calving Management
Disbudding and Dehorning
Castration
Predator Control Tail Docking
Colostrum Management
Transportation
Pre-transport Decision Making and Preparation for Transport
Arranging Transport
Loading and Receiving
On-Farm Euthanasia
Euthanasia and Culling Decisions
Methods of On-Farm Euthanasia
Confirmation of Insensibility and Death
Herd Health Management
• Every operation is unique
• Need for customized approach for each operation
• Establish, maintain, and update standard operating procedures
• Induction protocols
Example induction protocol
Herd Health Management
• Establish, maintain, and update standard operating procedures
• Induction protocols
• Treatment protocols
Example treatment protocols
Herd Health Management
• Establish, maintain, and update standard operating procedures
• Induction protocols
• Treatment protocols
• Implant protocols
Implant protocol
Herd Health Management
• Establish, maintain, and update standard operating procedures
• Induction protocols
• Treatment protocols
• Implant protocols
• Feedlot procedures
• Feed medication strategies
• Staff Development
• Training
• Monitoring
• On-farm programs and certifications
• i.e. food safety, animal welfare, sustainability, etc
• Management of Health Data
Management of Health Data There are a lot of numbers involved in a cattle feeding operation
Management of Health Data
Data-informed decision making
• Chute-side individual animal health software
• Health data collection and maintenance
• Disease Surveillance
• Health data reporting and daily analysis
• Benchmarking to see where you are sitting
Acute fibrinous bronchopneumonia
/ Shipping Fever
Abortion storm in pen
Footrot vs Digital Dermatitis
Data Reporting and Benchmarking
Data Reporting and Benchmarking
Data Reporting and Benchmarking
Data Reporting and Benchmarking
Don’t miss the low hanging
fruit
What is your competitive advantage; what can you be good at; what can you be better at.
• Implants and quality
• Pen conditions and management
• Managing storms i.e. feeding, bedding, checking/treatment
• Water bowls
• Morbidity pulls and Mortality numbers
• Too deep or not deep enough
• Low stress handling
• Slow down at points of contact i.e. gates, runs, chute, etc
Questions
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