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Dr. Francis Fluharty, Ph.D.

As the movement to regional food production increases, smaller-scale beef processing plants are opening. The result is that many people who have not had a long history of finishing cattle on high-grain diets are starting to feed cattle. In this article, Dr. Fluharty provides an overview of acidosis in feedlot cattle and discusses producers can prevent acidosis when feeding high-concentrate diets.