IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/cup/jagaec/v54y2022i4p656-673_6.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Benefits of Preconditioning Cattle under Stochastic Feedlot Performance

Author

Listed:
  • Verteramo Chiu, Leslie J.
  • Tauer, Loren W.
  • Kaniyamattam, Karun
  • Lhermie, Guillaume
  • Gröhn, Yrjo T.

Abstract

Preconditioning cattle, a management practice of preparing cattle for feedlots as well as following a vaccination protocol for common diseases, has been shown to add value to cattle by reducing disease incidence and severity, yet it is not universally adopted. We estimated the benefits to a beef system of preconditioning weaned calves versus not preconditioning under stochastic returns. Purchasing preconditioned calves makes economic sense, but market efficiency requires complete information of the health status of the cattle, feedlot performance, along with the right market mechanisms, which may not be available in all markets.

Suggested Citation

  • Verteramo Chiu, Leslie J. & Tauer, Loren W. & Kaniyamattam, Karun & Lhermie, Guillaume & Gröhn, Yrjo T., 2022. "Benefits of Preconditioning Cattle under Stochastic Feedlot Performance," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 54(4), pages 656-673, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jagaec:v:54:y:2022:i:4:p:656-673_6
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1074070822000323/type/journal_article
    File Function: link to article abstract page
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:cup:jagaec:v:54:y:2022:i:4:p:656-673_6. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Kirk Stebbing (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.cambridge.org/aae .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.