Research Update: Maddie Mancke and Scours Management

About this episode

The episode discusses research on heat stress in feedlot cattle and best practices for managing calf scours with guest Maddie Mancke.

In this week’s episode of BCI Cattle Chat, the team discusses research on reducing heat stress in feedlot cattle and best practices for managing calf scours. Guest Maddie Mancke, a PhD candidate, explains her study comparing morning feeding with nighttime feeding to see whether shifting digestion-related heat production to cooler hours would benefit cattle. The results showed no performance differences, indicating night feeding could be a practical option without harming cattle. The experts also answer a listener’s question about calf scours, emphasizing that treatment should begin quickly when calves show signs of dehydration or depression. They stress that prevention through clean calving environments and separating newborn calves from older calves is the most effective way to reduce scours outbreaks. 4:03 Research Update: Maddie Mancke  16:52 Scours Management  For more on BCI Cattle Chat, follow us on X at @ksubci , Facebook , and Instagram at @ksubci . Check out our website, ksubci.org . If you have any comments/questions/topic ideas, please send them to bci@ksu.edu. You can also email us to sign up for our weekly news blast! Don’t forget, if you enjoy the…

People in this episode

Host: BCI Cattle Chat

Guest: Maddie Mancke

Topics covered

• heat stress management
• calf scours
• feeding practices
• cattle health
• research update

Keywords

• heat stress
• feedlot cattle
• calf scours
• night feeding
• dehydration
• prevention

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Organizations: BCI Cattle Chat, ksubci, Kansas State University

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