Table 6.
Estimated net return of cattle that recovered, were railed or died after final treatment with foot rot, foot rot heavy, injury, joint infection and lame with no visible swelling stratified by cattle type: fall heifer calves (FHC), fall steer calves (FSC), winter heifer calves (WHC), winter steer calves (WSC), yearling heifers (YH) and yearling steers (YS) based on average slaughter and rail prices over the period 2005 to 2015 ($100/45.4 kg and $50/45.4 kg, respectively)
| Diagnosis | Cattle type | Final treatment1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recovered | Railed | Died | ||
| Foot rot | Average | $568.70 | $77.29* | –$472.70 |
| FHC | $725.30 | $300.90* | –$214.00 | |
| FSC | $374.30 | –$69.10* | –$587.10 | |
| WHC | $576.10 | $33.60* | –$501.30 | |
| WSC | $457.10 | $47.80* | –$488.70 | |
| YH | $793.30 | $264.50* | –$295.50 | |
| YS | $866.10 | $319.60* | –$251.30 | |
| Foot rot Heavy | Average | $695.50 | $31.50* | –$621.20 |
| Injury | Average | $259.80 | –$15.10 | –$171.30 |
| FHC | –$161.30 | –$306.60 | –$136.80 | |
| FSC | $247.20 | –$52.70 | –$117.70 | |
| WHC | $219.80 | –$88.90 | –$249.00 | |
| WSC | –$173.90 | –$342.10 | –$137.90 | |
| YH | $408.90 | $227.50 | –$103.60 | |
| YS | $787.00 | $401.80* | –$110.70 | |
| Joint Infection | Average | –$286.60 | –$341.50 | –$102.00 |
| FHC | –$632.90 | –$572.90 | –$112.90 | |
| FSC | –$473.40 | –$443.20 | –$82.70 | |
| WHC | –$362.00 | –$434.40 | –$106.80 | |
| 0 | WSC | –$202.80 | –$366.60 | –$148.80 |
| YH | $455.80 | $257.60 | –$137.10 | |
| YS | $710.40 | $354.40* | –$146.80 | |
| Lame No Swelling | Average | –$701.40 | –$566.90 | –$854.60 |
| FHC | –$703.60 | –$611.80 | –$893.50 | |
| FSC | –$1,059.20 | –$759.20 | –$859.20 | |
| WHC | $40.90 | –$237.30 | –$935.50 | |
| WSC | –$323.30 | –$366.20 | –$874.20 | |
| YH | $369.70 | $234.00 | –$571.20 | |
| YS | $626.00 | $297.40 | –$593.90 | |
*
Animals were > 453 kg at time of treatment and then railed; remaining animals were fed to 453 kg and then railed.
1
All values in $CAN.