Episode
Early-life respiratory disease shapes dairy-beef crossbred cattle performance
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- Feedstuffs in Focus
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- Mar 13, 2026
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- 718
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Summary
BRD doesn’t always announce itself with a dramatic crash in gain. Sometimes it shows up months later where nobody expects it: on the rail, as lower marbling and a worse carcass grade. That’s the unsettling thread we pull on with Dr. Melissa Cantor of Pennsylvania State University, as we unpack what early-life respiratory disease means for beef on dairy, beef, and crossbred calves. We start where lifetime health really begins: colostrum management. Dr. Cantor explains how immunoglobulin...