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Feedlot cattle from 1,687 pens totaling 290,183 head were evaluated at slaughter for the presence of liver flukes. Overall, 4.92% of the cattle were found to be infected. Only 15.2% of all pens of cattle were found to be completely free of flukes. However, only 5.3% of the pens had greater than 15% of the cattle infested. Beef steers had a higher level of infestation (5.2%) than beef heifers (4.4%). Holstein steers had an overall infestation rate of 4.4%.
Keywords: Cattlemen's Day, 1989, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution, no. 89-567-S, Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service), 567, Beef, Liver fluke, Slaughter cattle
How to Cite: Laudert, S. (1989) “Liver fluke infestation in Kansas fed slaughter cattle”, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports. 1(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.2306