Have you ever noticed in ranching that there’s “flow” and “no flow”? The days things click into place are great. Items on the to-do list get crossed off, and people and animals are happy.

A recent study published in Frontiers in Genetics, conducted by Randall Raymond – director of research and veterinary services for Simplot Livestock in Grand View – and colleagues, highlights bovine congestive heart failure's prevalence in feedyards and its impacts on cattle health, offering mitigation insights.

Heart failure has been emerging as an increasingly important disease in feedlot cattle. There are many causes of heart failure in cattle, including exposure to low oxygen levels at high elevations, bacterial infections of the heart muscle and toxins that affect cardiac function. 

Fall is a busy time in the cattle business. For the rancher and cow-calf producer, it is the time to reap the fruits of our labor.

Nutritional inadequacies and digestive disorders in beef cattle can result in poor animal health, lowered production and even animal losses.