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  4. ZINC AS A MITIGATION STRATEGY AGAINST TRANSIT-INDUCED MUSCLE FATIGUE TO IMPROVE BEEF CATTLE WELFARE AND PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY

ZINC AS A MITIGATION STRATEGY AGAINST TRANSIT-INDUCED MUSCLE FATIGUE TO IMPROVE BEEF CATTLE WELFARE AND PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY

Objective

Our overall goalis to assess Zn supplementation as a tool to mitigate muscle fatigue in response to the transportation event, to speed cattle recovery after transit.Our long-term goalis to provide beef producers with easy and affordable strategies to improve welfare and production efficiency of transported cattle.Objective 1:To identify the optimum timing of Zn supplementation relative to transit to mitigate transit-induced muscle fatigue and improve cattle welfare, feed intake, and growth.Objective 2:To determine the potential of Zn supplementation to overcome greater muscle fatigue as a result of prolonged transit.

Investigators
Hansen, S. L.; Thomson, DA, .; Genswein, KA, .
Institution
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Start date
2023
End date
2026
Funding Source
Nat'l. Inst. of Food and Agriculture
Project number
IOW05709
Accession number
1029804
https://portal.nifa.usda.gov/web/crisprojectpages/1029804.html