Liver fluke infestation in Kansas fed
slaughter cattle

Liver fluke infestation in Kansas fed slaughter cattle

Laudert, S.B.

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Publication Date: 1989

Conference: Cattlemen's Day, 1989, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, March, 1989
Starting Page: 114, Ending Page: 115
Publisher: Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service

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Abstract:

Feedlot cattle from 1,687 pens totaling 290,183 head were evaluated at slaughter for the presence of liver flukes. Overall, 4.92% of the cattle were found to be infected. Only 15.2% of all pens of cattle were found to be completely free of flukes. However, only 5.3% of the pens had greater than 15% of the cattle infested. Beef steers had a higher level of infestation (5.2%) than beef heifers (4.4%). Holstein steers had an overall infestation rate of 4.4%.

Keywords: Beef; Liver fluke; Slaughter cattle

URL for this item: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/6491

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