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Abstract
Three studies were conducted to measure the impact of supplementing increased metabolizable protein during the preconditioning stage, a blend of phytochemicals during a stocker phase, in addition to the use of heat stress abatement strategies on animal performance and health of recently weaned beef cattle in the Southeast United States. Study one found no difference in titer levels, regardless of duration of metabolizable supplementation, study 2 found cinnamaldehyde, eugenol, capsicum supplementation is not a good ionophore alternative, and study 3 found blood gas values to be a good short term stress measurement and microbiome analysis as a good long term stress measurement.