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Researcher: Zilmax issues are not found in the feedlot
University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) animal scientists have been unable to find a link between the use of the beta-agonist Zilmax and a higher frequency of lameness or death loss in feedlot cattle.
UNL researcher Galen Erickson says they have reviewed 18 prior feedlot studies conducted at UNL and other institutions and are not seeing increased lameness or death loss issues–in feedlots–as a result of feeding Zilmax.
Erickson thinks the focus should be on the transport and handling of those cattle once they leave the feedlot.
We visited with Erickson Thursday at the annual meeting of Nebraska Cattlemen in Kearney.
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