Preventive medicine in the feedlot.
Controlling feedlot disease is not an easy task. Veterinarians and feedlot managers face a very complex problem with continually changing conditions. A management plan should be carefully developed by the veterinarian in consultation with the manager, nutritionist, and other advisors. A management system based on continual disease surveillance, adequate records, and written treatment protocols and preventive plans will greatly assist in reducing death losses in feedlots.
D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011996:Records; D014730:Veterinary Medicine