Metaphylaxis, or the process of treating an entire pen of high-risk cattle to prevent disease, is a pretty common practice in the feeding industry. It works. But with the advent of new technologies, and growing concern over antibiotic use in the industry, could targeted metaphylaxis become the new norm?

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