Table 1.

Databases and the respective search strategies used in this scoping review

Database	Interface	Dates included1	Search terms
CAB Direct2	CAB Direct	1930–2020	All fields = ((cattle OR “cow-calf” OR “feed lot” OR “feed lots” OR feedlot* OR ((calves OR calf) NOT human) OR cow* OR steers OR bull OR beef) NOT (“cowpea” OR lamb OR goat OR dairy OR buffalo OR camel)) AND (“field trial” OR “clinical trial” OR “experimental trial” OR randomized OR randomization OR trial) AND (“economic analysis” OR “financial analysis” OR economic* OR cost OR price OR “willingness to pay” OR benefit OR minimization OR effectiveness OR consequence)
Web of Science – CORE collections	Web of Science	1945–2020	TS=((cattle OR “cow-calf” OR “feed lot” OR “feed lots” OR feedlot* OR ((calves OR calf) NOT human) OR cow* OR steers OR bull OR beef) NOT (“cowpea” OR lamb OR goat OR dairy OR buffalo OR camel)) AND (TS=(“economic analysis” OR “financial analysis” OR economic*) AND (cost OR price OR “willingness to pay” OR benefit OR minimization OR effectiveness OR consequence)) AND TS=(“field trial” OR “clinical trial” OR “experimental trial” OR randomized OR randomization OR trial) AND LANGUAGE: (English)
Scopus	Elsevier	1800s–2020	TITLE-ABS-KEY((cattle OR “cow-calf” OR “feed lot” OR “feed lots” OR feedlot* OR ((calves OR calf) AND NOT human) OR cow* OR steers OR bull OR beef) AND NOT (“cowpea” OR lamb OR goat OR dairy OR buffalo OR camel)) AND (“field trial” OR “clinical trial” OR “experimental trial” OR randomized OR randomization OR trial) AND (“economic analysis” OR “financial analysis” OR economic* OR cost OR price OR “willingness to pay” OR benefit OR minimization OR effectiveness OR consequence) AND LANGUAGE(English) AND AFFILCOUNTRY(“United States of America” OR australia OR “South Africa” OR mexico OR canada)
Pubmed	NCBI	1950–2020	All fields ((cattle OR “cow-calf” OR “feed lot” OR “feed lots” OR feedlot* OR ((calves OR calf) NOT human) OR cow OR cows OR steers OR bull OR beef) NOT (“cowpea” OR lamb OR goat OR dairy OR buffalo OR camel)) AND (“field trial” OR “clinical trial” OR “experimental trial” OR randomized OR randomization OR trial) AND (“economic analysis” OR “financial analysis” OR economic* OR cost OR price OR “willingness to pay” OR benefit OR minimization OR effectiveness OR consequence) AND ENGLISH[LANGUAGE]

TS = Topic; searches abstract, author keywords, and Keywords Plus.

Searches were not limited by date and the range presented is inclusive of each database’s default timeframe searched. The search took place April 2020.

Includes CAB Abstracts, Global Health, VetMed Resource, CABI Full Text, Distribution Maps Plant Diseases, CAB eBooks Archive 2008–2010, Animal Health and Production Compendium (AHPC), eBook Choice Kansas State Collection.