Stress management for Healthier
Cattle during Receiving Period
How we receive cattle at the feedlot will affect performance throughout the feeding phase.
Easing newly received cattle onto full feed, while ensuring excellent health and replacing shrink will ensure efficient rapid gains through the finishing period.
Cattle with greater than 7% transit shrink loss are in a high stress condition and in a high disease risk category.
(Chester-Jones and Di Costanzo, 2012)
Main stress factors
B Vitamins are a common preventative and initial treatment used in Feedlots throughout North America. NAMHS data shows that close to 20% of feedlots are injecting B Vitamins.
• Weaning
• Vaccination
• Transport
• Weather
• Co-Mingling
• New feed
• New Environment
• Weather
Results in...
• Lower Dry Matter Intake
• Energy lost to immune challenges
• Immune Dysfunction
Stress increases the demand of B vitamin
B vitamins are essential for the overall metabolism of the beef cattle.
B vitamins act as Metabolic Activators* to produce energy and protein, resulting in less energy loss and fewer health disorders.
*B Vitamins are involved in various metabolism as enzymes cofactors (activators)
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Improves Dry Matter Intake
Improving Dry Matter Intake is essential
Weaning, vaccination, co-mingling and transport can create a Tipping Point of Stress Conditions. Combine these with lower feed intake results in poor adaption to receiving cattle diets and higher incidence of health challenges.
B vitamins improve the immune response of stressed cattle infected with virus.
IgG levels doubled after 14 days
Days to recover shrink were reduced by 1.3 days for the group of cattle fed the protected B vitamins blend.
Higher total gain at the end of receiving period
Higher total gain after the receiving period.
Extra Gain increases up to shipping
Higher carcass yield
The objective for utilizing the blend of B vitamins products designed for close-ups & fresh cows was to see an increase in dry matter intakes and less sickness. The impact was pretty immediate, and we saw increased early lactation milk, less metritis, lower milk fevers and less DA’s. When you see results like this, you have more confidence in continuing their use and these products will be an important part of our rations moving forward.
Brian Fiscalini
Owner/General Manager
Fiscalini Farms-Modesto, California
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