When cattle don’t want to move the culprit is most often lameness – pain or discomfort in the foot or leg.

Properly designed handling, transport and housing facilities will reduce the risk of musculoskeletal injury, toe abscesses and septic joints; where cattle are housed on slats, ...

Abscesses are a common malady found mostly in grain-fed cattle, the result of an aggressive feeding program. About 20 to 40 percent of the grain-fed cattle in feedlots are afflicted with abscesses ...

Beef producers might get to say good-bye to the current antibiotics they use to deter liver abscess in cattle, and hello to a vaccine that is easier to use and could cost less. T.G. Nagaraja ...

Most beef cattle receive antibiotics in their feed to prevent liver abscesses while eating a high-energy diet. There's growing pressure on feedlots to stop this — and some have. But it's costly.

Properly designed handling, transport and housing facilities will reduce the risk of musculoskeletal injury, toe abscesses and septic joints; where cattle are housed on slats, ...