title: Design and implementation of the United States National Animal Health Monitoring System 1994-95 Cattle on Feed Evaluation, and an evaluation of the impact of response biases.
abstract: The 1994-95 Cattle on Feed Evaluation was a cooperative project (sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture) involving Washington State University, state agricultural departments, and several agencies of the United States Department of Agriculture). The project focused on cattle-on-feed operations in 13 states that accounted for over 85% of the United States cattle on feed inventory. Participants were selected from National Agricultural Statistics Service list frames. Questionnaires were administered by telephone to operations with a one-time capacity of fewer than 1000 cattle; larger operations were visited twice to administer questionnaires. The participation rate for the first phase of the study was 56.7%. Ninety-one percent of eligible operations completed the second phase of the study. Data summarized from this national study can be used to profile management practices on cattle-feeding operations in the United States. Differences between participants and non-participants did not appear to be great. However, one does need to be mindful of the fact that a small percentage of the producers accounted for the vast majority of feedlot cattle marketed when interpreting the results.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health, US Department of Agriculture, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA.
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Losinger
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Garber
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Dornseif
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Frye
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed / Q000592:standards*; D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D006304:Health Status; D016730:Program Development; D015983:Selection Bias; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D016885:United States Department of Agriculture; D014861:Washington