Table 1.

Summary of origin and placement of study animals by feedlot

	Feedlot
	A	B	C	D	All
Number of animals per source province
AB	354	260	283	110	1007
BC	24	26	12	2	64
MB	9	32	27	197	265
SK	112	161	177	190	640
Total	499	479	499	499	1976
Number of source sale barns represented	30	26	34	36	70
Number of lots receiving study animals	24	28	23	19	94

AB — Alberta; BC — British Columbia; MB — Manitoba; SK — Saskatchewan