ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2021
Characterization of Fed Cattle Mobility during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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- A systematic mapping review of cattle welfare research during road transportation (2015-2025).Journal of animal science · 2026Pooled it
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- Evaluating the impact of rubber mats in holding pens on fed cattle mobility and behavior at a commercial slaughter facility.Journal of animal science · 2025Article
- National Beef Quality Audit-2022: Transportation, mobility, and harvest-floor assessments of targeted characteristics that affect quality and value of cattle, carcasses, and by-products from fed steers and heifers.Translational animal science · 2025Article
- Cattle, carcass, economic, and estimated emission impacts of feeding finishing steers lubabegron or ractopamine hydrochloride.Translational animal science · 2024Article
- Benchmarking current preslaughter management factors, welfare indicators, and meat quality outcomes at commercial fed cattle processing facilities in the United States.Translational animal science · 2024Article
- Preslaughter factors affecting mobility, blood parameters, bruising, and muscle pH of finished beef cattle in the United States.Translational animal science · 2024Article
- An analysis of the influence of preslaughter management factors on welfare and meat quality outcomes in fed beef cattle in the United States.Translational animal science · 2024Article
- Susceptibility of bovine to SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern: insights from ACE2, AXL, and NRP1 receptors.Virology journal · 2023Article
- Characterizing heat mitigation strategies utilized by beef processors in the United States.Translational animal science · 2022Article
- Cattle and Pigs Are Easy to Move and Handle Will Have Less Preslaughter Stress.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic had significant consequences on cattle slaughter capacity in the United States. Although industry stakeholders implemented strategies to minimize cattle welfare impacts of increased weights, days on feed (DOF), and increasing temperatures, there were concerns that mobility challenges would be observed at slaughter facilities. The objectives of this study were to characterize mobility in fed cattle during this recovery period and to identify factors impacting mobility. A total of 158 groups of cattle (15,388 animals) from one slaughter facility were included in the study. A 4-point mobility scoring system was used to assess cattle mobility. Cattle at the facility with normal mobility scores were reduced from the historical average of 96.19% to 74.55%. No increase in highly elevated mobility scores was observed. Mobility was impacted by weight, temperature humidity index (THI), distance hauled, sex, and DOF, with results differing by mobility category. Weather was a key contributor to mobility challenges; the relative risk of observing an elevated mobility score was 45.76% greater when the THI changed from No Stress to Mild Stress. Despite the challenges that the industry faced during this period, efforts to minimize negative effects on cattle welfare by enhanced focus on low-stress handling were effective.
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