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1992; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 92-407-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 651; Beef; Drug withdrawal; Record keeping; Microcomputer
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Record-Keeping Systems For Beef Safety And Feedlot Health, C.D. Cranwell, D.D. Simms
Record-Keeping Systems For Beef Safety And Feedlot Health, C.D. Cranwell, D.D. Simms
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Three hundred nine feedlots were mailed questionnaires to ascertain the types of recordkeeping systems currently being used to monitor health programs and FDA-specified treatment withdrawal times. Microcomputer systems were of special interest. Approximately one third of the feedlots responded. A majority with a one-time feeding capacity of more than 10,000 head were using a microcomputer record-keeping system, whereas most of those with fewer than 10,000 head used a manual, paper-based system. Those feedlots using computerized record-keeping systems had purchased their software package from one of five companies. Managers felt these software packages were adequate for billing customers, monitoring pharmaceutical inventory …