Animal welfare and husbandry is an important topic for consumers and the producers raising the livestock.

Dr. Dave Sjeklocha is a technical services veterinarian with Merck Animal Health.

“Our consumers want to know that our livestock are being cared for properly,” he says. “If it’s going to be on their plate, they want to know it had a decent life and producers do an excellent job of that.”

He says producers are also working on antimicrobial stewardship.

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