STOCKER SPECIAL
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BY
JILL J. DUNKEL
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Ancient medicine knew the benefits of live yeast, and now cattlemen are utilizing live yeast to benefit cattle. Early formulations
were geared as probiotics, and now scientists are looking at yeast
products to promote animal health.
Dr. Kerry Barling says the cattle industry has been using yeast
products for decades for its nutritional benefits, but research is
showing certain specific strains of yeast used in preconditioning and
backgrounding programs have shown a significant improvement in
the reduction of respiratory pulls. Barling is a technical service veterinarian with Lallemand Animal Nutrition.
He cited research from Kansas State University using lightweight
calves trucked from Tennessee. All of the calves were treated metaphylactically. The research showed a 40% reduction in respiratory
pulls in those calves that received the active yeast compared to the
calves that did not.
���Those are pretty significant numbers, considering today���s cattle
industry,��� Barling states. ���The economics of a sick calf goes way beyond the cost of antibiotics; the producer���s time is important.���
The specific strain of yeast the cattle were treated with was Saccharomyces cerevisiae subspecies boulardii CNCM I-1079, which is
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