Taylor M. Smock

Graduate Research Assistant
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas

Taylor Smock, M.S., PAS, and Graduate Research Assistant at Texas Tech University. I am from Pine Bluffs, Wyoming and completed my B.S. at Texas Tech University and M.S. at West Texas A&M University. My academic interests include ruminant nutrition, animal health, and management of these factors to improve feedlot efficiency and profitability.

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Presentation(s):

• 174 - Longitudinal assessment of prevalence and incidence of Salmonella and Escherichia coli O157 resistance to antimicrobials in feedlot cattle sourced and finished in two regions of the U.S.

  Tuesday, July 18, 2023
  3:45 PM – 4:00 PM MT

• 175 - Effects of random metaphylaxis administered at feedlot arrival to 0, 33, 66, or 100% of high-risk beef cattle on health outcomes, complete blood count, and growth performance

  Tuesday, July 18, 2023
  4:00 PM – 4:15 PM MT

• 104 - Development of an experimental model to induce liver abscesses in steers using an acidotic diet challenge and oral bacterial inoculation

  Thursday, July 20, 2023
  8:05 AM – 8:20 AM MT

• 105 - The effects of roughage neutral detergent fiber concentration and bulk density of steam-flaked corn on performance, carcass characteristics, and liver abscesses in finishing beef steers

  Thursday, July 20, 2023
  8:20 AM – 8:35 AM MT

• 106 - Using a novel direct-fed microbial as an alternative for tylosin phosphate to control liver abscesses and decrease antimicrobial use in finishing beef steers

  Thursday, July 20, 2023
  8:35 AM – 8:50 AM MT