Feeder Guard

About Feeder Guard�

Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) is estimated to cause between 50-90% of all sickness that occurs in feedlots. BRD is said to cause annual productivity problems that cost the industry $60 Million.

It is particularly associated with stress caused by the assembly and mixing of cattle of different origins through sale yards, transportation and feedlot entry. It is considered that pre-conditioning cattle prior to feedlot induction will significantly reduce the economic impact of BRD and therefore be a valuable management tool for feedlots.

To help manage BRD and its economic impact at the feedlot, Elders has developed Feeder Guard� as a third party audited membership program that is commercially available to cattle producers who supply feedlots.

Feeder Guard� membership allows suppliers to identify cattle that have been treated according to the prescribed pre induction protocol. In recognition of the effectiveness of the protocol, feedlots can readily identify and pay premiums for those cattle inducted into the feedlot which are supplied under the Feeder Guard� program.

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Key Benefits of Feeder Guard�

Feeder Guard� is a preinduction vaccination protocol to better prepare the cattle�s immune response to respiratory disease challenge at the feedlot.

Feeder Guard� is the first auditable preinduction vaccine protocol on off er for the Australian Feedlot Industry. This type of protocol has been available in the USA for many years and Feeder Guard� has looked at the strengths and opportunities to improve and develop Feeder Guard� to better fi ll the needs of the Australian grain fed beef industry.

Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) is the greatest cause of illness to the Australian Feedlot Industry. Feeder Guard� has the potential to reduce BRD, lower the total use of antibiotics, improve performance and enhance the profi t to the feedlotting industry.

Feeder Guard� is a fully audited protocol, where the grazier is invited to join protocol by the feedlot and off ered an incentive payment to follow protocol. The grazier has to undergo vaccine handling, administration and storage training, use vaccines according to protocol, maintain all records and be prepared to undergo an audit by Aus Meat to ensure the integrity of the protocol.

It is anticipated that cattle prepared under the Feeder Guard� protocol would attract a price premium payable by the feedlot. In excess of 60,000 head have been treated