Influence of commercial yeast products in diets for beef cattle new to the feedlot environment

An abstract of a study by Palmer et al evaluating the effect of commercial yeast products on health and growth performance during a 28-d receiving period is presented. Antibiotic treatment costs were not different (P = 0.78) for control, Y1, and Y2. Given that the cost of antibiotic treatment was no...

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Published inJournal of animal science Vol. 95; p. 268
Main Authors Palmer, E A, Ball, J J, Kegley, E B, Beck, P A, Powell, J G, Hornsby, J A, Reynolds, J L, Shoulders, B P, Boyer, A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Champaign Oxford University Press 01.08.2017
Subjects
Antibiotics
Calves
Cattle
Diet
Factory farming
Morbidity
Yeast
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Summary:An abstract of a study by Palmer et al evaluating the effect of commercial yeast products on health and growth performance during a 28-d receiving period is presented. Antibiotic treatment costs were not different (P = 0.78) for control, Y1, and Y2. Given that the cost of antibiotic treatment was not different between groups, the addition of yeast did not provide an economic benefit in prevention against BRD. In high risk calves with over 50% morbidity by d 5, providing yeast products did not have an effect on health and growth performance.
ISSN:0021-8812
1525-3163