Tips on Determining the Cause of Death in the Beef Cattle Operation

This document is VM254, one of a series of the Veterinary Medicine—Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date October 2023. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

Taylor Davis, Extension agent I, M.S., agricultural and natural resources, UF/IFAS Extension Highlands County; Lauren Butler, county Extension director and Extension agent III, M.S., agriculture/livestock, UF/IFAS Extension Okeechobee County; Christa Kirby, Extension agent IV, M.A., livestock, UF/IFAS Extension Manatee County; Bridget Stice, Extension agent IV, M.A., livestock, UF/IFAS Extension Polk County; Todd Thrift, associate professor, beef cattle management, Department of Animal Sciences; Lindsey Wiggins, Extension agent III, M.S., livestock, UF/IFAS Extension Hendry County; and João Bittar, assistant professor and beef cattle Extension specialist, DVM, MSc., Ph.D., Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, UF College of Veterinary Medicine; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.