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Options Available for Livestock Treatments
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Safety and Identification of Animals in the Herd |
Injury Prevention |
Preventive and Curative Health |
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Marking and/or Branding Erecting fencing Erecting pens and feedlots |
Thinking carefully about herd selection Castration of steers to prevent natural male aggression Dehorning of calves and steers to avoid injury during aggressive behaviour or when animals are closely confined (e.g. during transportation or in crushes). Considering the design and layout of housing, feedlots, crushes and vehicles for transportation |
Vaccines Grazing and feeding systems Scientific supplements to diets Volume and quality of watering systems Medicines and other vet nary interventions such as selective breeding practice, artificial insemination, etc. |
In order to understand all the elements related to livestock treatments, we have adapted information from the Samuel Noble Roberts foundation to create a comprehensive “best practice” checklist of all the procedures and elements to consider when administering livestock treatments for beef livestock.