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Beef Industry Animal Care Standards Continue to Evolve
Wed, 09 Jun 2010 6:07:49 CDT
The National BQA Guidelines and the National Manual for all cattle producers (beef and dairy) outline areas of cattle management and record keeping. These guidelines were developed more than 10 years ago, but have been updated periodically to reflect new information (i.e., recent quality audit results), new technologies (i.e., electronic identification systems) and new regulations (i.e., ruminant derived feed ban).
The Beef Industry's Beef Quality Assurance Program is one of the vehicles used to get these guidelines out to beef producers- click here for details on the BQA website.
At the recent International Symposium on Animal Well Being in Manhattan, Kansas, these guidelines were discussed by Oklahoma Veterinarian Dr. Bob Smith- and we talked with him at the Symposium about how these guidelines have developed over the years to help set the tone of how cattle are handled on the farm or ranch, as they are transported, marketed and then fed out in a feedlot.
We hear from Dr. Smith on today's Beef Buzz.
The Beef Buzz is a regular feature heard on radio stations around the state on the Radio Oklahoma Network- but is also a regular audio feature found on this website as well. Click on the listen bar below for today's show- and check out our archives for older Beef Buzz shows covering the gamut of the beef cattle industry today.
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