Miles E. Theurer , Dale R. Woerner , Bradley J. Johnson , Reese Wilson , Jhones O. Sarturi , Raghavendra G. Amachawadi , T.G. Nagaraja , Jim Simpson , J. Trent Fox , Paige Adams , Kip K. Karges
Objective
Our objective was to evaluate the effects of in-feed, non-antibiotic alternatives (Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-1077 and calcium clinoptilolite zeolite) on health, growth performance, carcass characteristics, and liver abscesses in dairy-beef cross composites in a commercial feedlot.
Materials and Methods
Dairy-beef, intact heifers (n = 2,088; average BW = 334.8 kg) were assigned to 1 of 3 treatment groups: (1) Negative control (no feed-grade antimicrobials for control of liver abscesses; NC); (2) Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-1077 (0.5 g/heifer per day to provide 1 × 1010 cfu/heifer per day) and calcium clinoptilolite zeolite (replacing flaked corn at 1.2% on a DM basis; LB), or (3) tylosin phosphate (targeted at a rate of 68 mg/heifer per day; TY). Heifers averaged 228 d on feed at harvest. Individual carcass outcomes and liver scores were captured at harvest.
Results and Discussion
Heifers in the TY treatment had reduced DMI, increased G:F, and reduced cost of gain compared with the other treatments. Carcass characteristics were not affected by treatments. Heifers offered LB tended to have fewer total liver abscesses compared with the TY group, whereas NC was intermediate.
Implications and Applications
Feedlot performance improved for dairy-beef heifers offered tylosin; however, TY had the greatest percentage of liver abscesses compared with NC. Feeding the combination of Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-1077 and calcium clinoptilolite as a non-antimicrobial alternative for the mitigation of liver abscesses in dairy-beef females seems to be promising strategy; however, growth performance outcomes may be reduced compared with tylosin.
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Our purpose was to provide commentary and new perspectives related to liver abscesses, a historic problem in beef cattle, by describing and discussing docu- mented research, anecdotal observations, and opinions re- garding the causation, detection, and prevention of liver abscesses.
Sources
Sources for this article include peer-reviewed, scientific literature; abstracts; proceedings; theses and dissertations; popular press articles; personal communica- tions; and unpublished research data.
Synthesis
Liver abscess (LA) disease in cattle is a multifactorial, polymicrobial disease that has wide-rang- ing effects on productivity and profitability throughout all stages of the beef production cycle. The interest in and the study of LA has drastically increased in the past several years, driven largely by efforts to identify alterna- tives to the use of antibiotics for LA control. Although a primary, prevailing theory on LA formation has existed for decades, recent research has led to alternative theo- ries as well as new questions about the role of breed-type specific management, behavior, feed intake patterns, and other factors on LA causation. The inability to detect LA before slaughter complicates research evaluating mitiga- tion strategies and disease etiology. Moreover, the inability to detect LA in live cattle has hindered researcher efforts to understand timing of abscess development or whether an abscess can resolve.
Conclusions and Applications
Although the prima- ry pathogens associated with LA have been identified, an effective mitigation strategy has eluded researchers. None- theless, new perspectives and research efforts are needed from both basic and applied perspectives using multidis- ciplinary, collaborative approaches to successfully combat the challenges faced by the beef industry related to LA.
目的我们的目的是通过描述和讨论有关肝脓肿的成因、检测和预防的文献研究、轶事观察和观点，提供与肝脓肿这一肉牛历史问题相关的评论和新观点。综述牛肝脓肿病是一种多因素、多微生物疾病，在肉牛生产周期的各个阶段对生产率和盈利能力产生广泛影响。在过去几年中，人们对肝脓肿病的兴趣和研究急剧增加，这主要是由于人们努力寻找替代抗生素来控制肝脓肿病的方法。虽然关于 LA 形成的主要流行理论已经存在了几十年，但最近的研究提出了其他理论以及关于特定品种的管理、行为、采食模式和其他因素对 LA 致病作用的新问题。由于无法在屠宰前检测到LA，因此评估缓解策略和疾病病因的研究变得更加复杂。此外，无法在活牛体内检测到 LA 也阻碍了研究人员了解脓肿发展时间或脓肿能否消退的工作。尽管如此，仍需要从基础和应用的角度，采用多学科合作的方法，开展新的视角和研究工作，以成功应对牛肉业面临的与 LA 相关的挑战。
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Amanda K. Lindholm-Perry , Brittney N. Keel , Kristin E. Hales , James E. Wells , Larry A. Kuehn , John W. Keele , Matthew S. Crouse , Dan J. Nonneman , T.G. Nagaraja , Ty E. Lawrence , Raghavendra G. Amachawadi , Jeff A. Carroll , Nicole C. Burdick Sanchez , Paul R. Broadway
Objective
Liver abscesses in cattle negatively affect production and cause economic losses across the beef cat- tle industry. Recently, a nutritional model has been devel- oped to induce liver abscesses that will provide a method to evaluate the underlying mechanisms driving their de- velopment. The objective of this study was to evaluate gene expression of ileal tissue from calves challenged using the new model.
Materials and Methods
In the model, calves were fed a diet to induce ruminal acidosis and were then in- traruminally inoculated with bacteria typically associated with liver abscesses. On d 21, following inoculation, calves were euthanized. Seven of the 13 calves had liver abscess- es. Ileal tissues were collected and total RNA was isolated for RNA-sequencing.
Results and Discussion
A total of 26 genes were dif- ferentially expressed in the calves with liver abscesses com- pared with those without. Two genes (COX2, COX3) are components of the cytochrome c oxidase enzyme in the electron chain transport pathway, and both were downreg- ulated among the animals with liver abscesses. Other genes involved in cellular restructuring, transport of compounds across cell membranes, protection of RNA, and protection of protein products were also identified. These functions il- lustrate that there are changes in the ileal epithelium that correspond to the development of liver abscesses.
Implications and Applications
We identified sev- eral genes that were differentially expressed in the ileal tissue of calves that developed liver abscesses using the combination of an acidosis-inducing diet and intraruminal inoculation of bacteria. Our results suggest that the ileum has a role in liver abscess development, and future studies to validate the involvement of the mucosal barrier of the ileum are warranted.
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Madeline E. Rivera , Luiz F. Dias Batista , Luis O. Tedeschi
Objective
Our objective was to observe the effects of the interrelationship among virginiamycin (VM) inclusion (240 mg/d), ruminal pH dynamics, and hepatic plasma metabolites on rumen and animal health during a 150-d feeding trial.
Materials and Methods
Steers (304 ± 27 kg; n = 120) were assigned randomly to 1 of 6 dietary treatments: no VM (T000); VM for the last 50 d (T001); VM for the last 100 d (T011); VM for the first 50 d (T100); VM for the first 100 d (T110); and VM for 150 d (T111). All animals were orally administered 2 indwelling rumen pH and temperature recording boli on d 0 and 84. Blood samples were collected via jugular venipuncture on d −7, 28, 56, 84, 112, and 140, and plasma was analyzed for concentrations of albumin, alkaline phosphatase, direct bilirubin, total bilirubin, gamma-glutamyl transferase, and total protein using an automated blood analyzer. Concurrently, haptoglobin (HPT) was measured following a colorimetric method based on peroxidase activity. A random coefficients model with pen and animals within treatment as a random effect was used.
Results and Discussion
Animals that received VM for the first 100 d (T110 and T111) had greater mean ruminal pH during d 50 to 100 when compared with animals that did not receive VM (T000 and T001; 6.12 vs. 6.00, respectively). Moreover, T111 tended to have less time under pH 5.8 (3.01 h/d) when compared with T100 and T001 (5.83 and 6.45 h/d, respectively). At slaughter, overall, 3.36% of cattle in the study were identified with liver abscesses (A and A−), and 24.3% had lung lesions. Plasma metabolite concentrations before slaughter did not predict the presence of liver abscesses (P ≥ 0.182). Based on acute phase responses, HPT was notably lower on d 84 after diet transition in VM-treated animals (46.1 vs. 68.9 mg/L). Additionally, VM inclusion boosted indicators of overall health with greater alkaline phosphatase levels and albumin-toglobulin ratios.
Implications and Applications
Virginiamycin has practical implications for rumen health and overall cattle health, where supplementation during the whole growing to finishing phases was more effective in capturing its full potential.
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Reese A. Wilson , Bradley J. Johnson , Jhones O. Sarturi , Whitney L. Crossland , Kristin E. Hales , Ryan J. Rathmann , Christy L. Bratcher , Miles E. Theurer , Raghavendra G. Amachawadi , T.G. Nagaraja , Scott E. Speidel , R. Mark Enns , Milton G. Thomas , Blake A. Foraker , Matthew A. Cleveland , Dale R. Woerner
Objective
The objective was to determine the effects of liver abscesses on complete blood counts (CBC) and liver function and to identify blood-based biomarkers for detection of liver abscesses in feedlot cattle.
Materials and Methods
Blood samples were collected on a subset of beef × dairy crossbred heifers with and without liver abscesses (n = 94; n = 113, respectively). From these blood samples, CBC and serum chemistry analytes related to liver health (alkaline phosphatase, gamma glutamyl transferase, bile acids, total bilirubin, and cholesterol) were analyzed to characterize animal health and model for liver abscesses. Abscess presence was predicted using logistic regression models and machine learning algorithms, with individual heifer serving as the experimental unit.
Results and Discussion
In a binary system (abscessed or not), heifers with liver abscesses had lower concentrations of lymphocyte (LYM) and total white blood cell (WBC) concentrations but elevated platelet-to-LYM ratio. Serum chemistry measures were not affected by abscess presence or liver score (severity). In univariate, predictive modeling of CBC measures, only total WBC concentration was accurate (65.85%) at predicting liver abscess presence; however, this was not deemed an acceptable biomarker due to its poor specificity (54.79%). Using total WBC, basophils, red blood cells, and procalcitonin as variables to predict liver abscess condition, the Logit- Boost model produced the greatest accuracy (80.65%) and specificity (85.71%). An accurate blood test that allows for the detection of liver abscesses during the finishing phase may allow for therapeutic management or alternative marketing of cattle; however, the marginal accuracy demonstrated in this study combined with the impracticality and cost of analyzing a blood sample may not be feasible. Regardless, the most explanatory CBC variables in cattle with abscessed livers were suggestive of an immune response.
Implications and Applications
Liver condition influenced the CBC of beef × dairy heifers but not serum chemistry. Multivariate predictive models showed potential for predicting liver abscess condition based on CBC. The results of this study warrant further investigation for biomarkers of the liver abscess condition. An antemortem indicator for liver abscesses could prove useful for making management decisions and in research applications, particularly in evaluating interventions.
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B.B. Grimes , T.J. McEvers , T.C. Tennant , J.W. Johnson , T.E. Lawrence
Objective
We evaluated the association of liver ab- normalities with carcass characteristics and value, using 2 independent databases generated from 2010 through 2021.
Materials and Methods
Liver abnormalities (ab- scesses, congestive heart failure [CHF], flukes, telangiec- tasis) and associated carcass outcomes were evaluated for 371,476 carcasses housed in database 1. Liver abnormali- ties of individual carcasses (n = 1,166,056) in database 2 were captured as lot-level (n = 7,196) audits and summa- rized as frequencies across demographic categories. Data were analyzed with mixed models.
Results and Discussion
Livers were scored as fol- lows: edible = no abscess or abnormality, A− = 1 to 2 small abscesses or inactive scars, A = 1 or 2 large ab- scesses or multiple small abscesses, A+ = multiple large abscesses, A+adhesion (A+AD) = liver adhered to part of the gastrointestinal tract or diaphragm or both, A+open (A+OP) = open abscess, A+adhesion/open (A+AD/OP) = combination of A+AD and A+OP score. Other non- abscess liver abnormalities recorded were CHF = dark mottled blue appearance and noticeably enlarged; flukes = presence of black lymph nodes, enlarged thickened bile ducts, visible dark tracts scattered throughout the dorsal side of the liver, or presence of flukes within the liver; and telangiectasis = peppering of blue/red dots on the surface of the liver tissue. Liver abnormality rates across both da- tabases were A− = 7.3% to 7.4%, A = 2.7% to 5.3%, A+ = 2.4% to 4.8%, A+AD = 3.9% to 6.2%, A+OP = 1.4% to 1.7%, A+AD/OP = 0.8% to 1.3%, CHF = 0.1% to 0.2%, flukes = 1.3% to 3.6%, telangiectasis = 0.6% to 0.7%, with 67.0% to 77.0% of livers being edible. Carcasses with se- vere abscesses (A+, A+AD, A+OP, A+AD/OP) or CHF had less hot carcass weight (HCW; 13.0 and 42.5 kg, re- spectively) compared with carcasses with edible livers. All abnormalities except telangiectasis reduced LM area. Less 12th-rib s.c. fat was observed for carcasses with A−, A, A+, A+AD, and CHF abnormalities compared with car- casses with edible livers. As liver abscess severity increased compared with edible livers, carcass value diminished and frequency of carcasses railed off line (removed from the production line) increased, particularly for A+AD (4.2%), A+OP (9.7%), and A+AD/OP (11.9%).
Implications and Applications
Based on analysis of this large database, liver abnormalities, especially severely abscessed and CHF outcomes, greatly affect HCW. These results indicate control of liver abscesses, and understand- ing the development of CHF, is important to prevent loss- es in carcass value.
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Zach S. McDaniel , Kristin E. Hales , T.G. Nagaraja , Ty E. Lawrence , Travis C. Tennant , Raghavendra G. Amachawadi , Jeff A. Carroll , Nicole C. Burdick Sanchez , Michael L. Galyean , Emily Davis , Kesley Kohl , Dalton J. Line , Colten W. Dornbach , Mina Abbasi , Alyssa Deters , Xiaorong Shi , Michael A. Ballou , Vinicius S. Machado , Taylor M. Smock , Paul R. Broadway
Objective
Our objectives were to develop and evaluate a model to induce liver abscesses (LA) in cattle and assess roles of Fusobacterium and Salmonella on LA formation and severity.
Materials and Methods
Holstein steers (n = 40; initial BW = 110 ± 12.0 kg) were assigned randomly to treatments (n = 10 per treatment): (1) control diet (CON); (2) acidotic diet (AD); (3) AD plus inoculation of Fusobacterium necrophorum ssp. necrophorum (8.81 × 1010 cfu/steer; ADFn); or (4) AD and intraruminal inoculation of F. necrophorum (8.81 × 1010 cfu/steer) and Salmonella enterica Lubbock (1.52 × 1011 cfu/steer; ADFS). On d 0, steers were subjected to 4 acidotic cycles where they were fed the acidotic diet for 3 d and then the control diet for 2 d. Intraruminal bacterial inoculation was on d 20. From d 21, AD, ADFn, and ADFS steers remained on the acidotic diet until d 38. Euthanasia occurred on d 38, and gross pathology of the lung, rumen, liver, and colon were recorded.
Results and Discussion
Liver abscess prevalence was 40% in ADFn and 50% in ADFS versus 0% in CON and AD. No pathological differences were noted in lung nor colon among treatments; however, ruminal damage was more severe in ADFn and ADFS than in CON and AD steers.
Implications and Applications
Acidotic diet alone caused mild ruminal acidosis but no LA. Acidotic diet with intraruminal bacterial inoculation increased rumenitis severity and resulted in LA, thus validating the nutritional model to induce LA. Therefore, acidotic diet with intraruminal bacterial inoculation is a viable model to study the formation of LA.
我们的目的是开发和评估一种诱导牛肝脓肿（LA）的模型，并评估镰刀菌和沙门氏菌对 LA 的形成和严重程度的作用。材料和方法将荷斯坦阉牛（n = 40；初始体重 = 110 ± 12.0 kg）随机分配到不同的处理（每个处理 n = 10）：(1)对照日粮（CON）；(2)酸性日粮（AD）；(3)AD 加接种坏死性镰刀菌（8.81 × 1010 cfu/头；ADFn）；或(4)AD 加腔内接种坏死性镰刀菌（8.81 × 1010 cfu/头）和卢博克沙门氏菌（1.52 × 1011 cfu/头；ADFS）。从第 0 天开始，对母牛进行 4 个酸性循环，即饲喂酸性日粮 3 天，然后饲喂对照日粮 2 天。从第 21 天起，AD、ADFn 和 ADFS 公牛一直食用酸性日粮，直到第 38 天。第 38 天进行安乐死，并记录肺、瘤胃、肝脏和结肠的大体病理变化。结果与讨论肝脓肿的发生率在 ADFn 和 ADFS 中分别为 40% 和 50%，而在 CON 和 AD 中为 0%。在不同的处理中，肺和结肠的病理变化没有差异；但是，ADFn 和 ADFS 的瘤胃损伤比 CON 和 AD 的瘤胃损伤更严重。酸性日粮与腔内细菌接种会增加瘤胃炎的严重程度并导致 LA，从而验证了诱导 LA 的营养模型。因此，酸性日粮与腔内细菌接种是研究LA形成的一个可行模型。
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A.B. Word , K.J. Karr , B.P. Holland , C.L. Maxwell , S.K. Linneen , P.J. Defoor
Objectives
This study compared standard finishing diets with or without tylosin phosphate at an industry standard roughage concentration, as well as titrated roughage concentrations in finishing diets containing no tylosin.
Materials and Methods
Beef steers (initial BW = 387 ± 14.2 kg; n = 3,340) were used in a randomized complete block design with 12 pens/treatment and 65 or 70 steers per pen. Dietary treatments were (1) 7.0% corn stalks with tylosin (7TYL), (2) 7.0% corn stalks without tylosin (7NT), (3) 13.0% corn stalks without tylosin (13NT), or (4) 19.0% corn stalks without tylosin (19NT). Corn stalks replaced steam-flaked corn on a DM basis.
Results and Discussion
Increased corn stalks linearly increased DMI. Increased corn stalks linearly reduced final BW and ADG, and resulted in poorer G:F. Hot carcass weight was similar between 7TYL and 7NT; however, hot carcass weight (HCW) linearly decreased as corn stalk inclusion increased. Tylosin inclusion resulted in a 32% reduction in liver abscess prevalence (from 19% to 13%). Liver abscess prevalence decreased linearly with increased corn stalks; tylosin use reduced adhered livers, whereas increased corn stalks did not.
Implications and Applications
Replacing steamflaked corn with 13% or 19% inclusion of corn stalks in diets without tylosin phosphate could reduce liver abscess prevalence, but increased roughage may not decrease the severity of the liver abscesses. Importantly, decreased dietary energy density led to increased DMI and reduced HCW in cattle fed to the same days on feed.
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