List reasons why cows are culled. Select ONE person to respond on behalf of the group by UA CVM Professional Skills https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov en-us 2025-06-30 17:03:01 UTC 2026-07-06 19:18:09 UTC hello@padlet.com Contagious infection https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346826 2026-07-06 19:08:09 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346826 Food production https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346832 2026-07-06 19:08:11 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346832 Poor breeding stock https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346839 2026-07-06 19:08:11 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346839 https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346848 Disease with poor prognosis

]]> 2026-07-06 19:08:13 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346848 https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346856 Failure to become pregnant

]]> 2026-07-06 19:08:15 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346856 Bad mom https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346858 2026-07-06 19:08:16 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346858 https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346861 Food

]]> 2026-07-06 19:08:18 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346861 Rabies https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346879 2026-07-06 19:08:20 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346879 Finances https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346882 2026-07-06 19:08:20 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346882 Disease https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346885 2026-07-06 19:08:21 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346885 Low/no production https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346888 2026-07-06 19:08:21 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346888 https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346896 Infectious disease that must be eradicated to protect herd

]]> 2026-07-06 19:08:22 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346896 https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346903 No longer meat production needs

]]> 2026-07-06 19:08:24 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346903 https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346904 not worth the price of treatment

]]> 2026-07-06 19:08:24 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346904 Disease https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346915 2026-07-06 19:08:27 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346915 Failure to thrive https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346922 2026-07-06 19:08:29 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346922 Old https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346923 2026-07-06 19:08:29 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346923 Infertility https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346950 2026-07-06 19:08:35 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346950 https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346965 Disease

]]> 2026-07-06 19:08:39 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346965 Hereditary diseases/ deformities https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346968 2026-07-06 19:08:39 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346968 Infection https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346977 2026-07-06 19:08:40 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974346977 https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347018 Disease

]]> 2026-07-06 19:08:44 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347018 Food production https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347021 2026-07-06 19:08:44 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347021 Behavioral issues/untrainable https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347033 2026-07-06 19:08:46 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347033 https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347089 Behavior- agression

]]> 2026-07-06 19:08:54 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347089 https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347090 Farmers do not want to pay for certain services and lose money on production side when they can choose slaughter instead

]]> 2026-07-06 19:08:54 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347090 Behavior/attitude towards people https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347093 2026-07-06 19:08:54 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347093 https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347096 Infectious Diseases (reservoir hosts)

]]> 2026-07-06 19:08:56 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347096 Aggression https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347110 2026-07-06 19:08:58 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347110 https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347111 Expense is too great

]]> 2026-07-06 19:08:58 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347111 BVDV PI carriers https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347116 2026-07-06 19:08:59 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347116 Injury exceeding animals value https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347121 2026-07-06 19:09:00 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347121 https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347132 Maintain production and herd health.

]]> 2026-07-06 19:09:03 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347132 https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347225 Disease

]]> 2026-07-06 19:09:20 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347225 External factors : drought , winter, fire , flood https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347241 2026-07-06 19:09:23 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347241 Age https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347246 2026-07-06 19:09:24 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347246 https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347254 Cost of treatment is greater than value of cow

]]> 2026-07-06 19:09:25 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347254 Failed BSE in bull https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347270 2026-07-06 19:09:28 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347270 https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347284 Temperament

]]> 2026-07-06 19:09:30 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347284 Chronic disease https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347303 2026-07-06 19:09:34 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347303 Market value ( high or low) https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347316 2026-07-06 19:09:37 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347316 https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347320 Disease

Age

Overall health

Low production

Expense or cost of care

Poor QOL

Disease carrier status

]]> 2026-07-06 19:09:38 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347320 Armadillo https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347416

  • bad genetics

  • Inability to get pregnant / bad mom if beef

  • Freemartin female

  • Pathology / illness

  • Bad personality / hard to work with

    • ]]>     2026-07-06 19:10:04 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347416     https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347418 Economic viability

    ]]>     2026-07-06 19:10:04 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347418     Opting for newer / better genetics https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347419 2026-07-06 19:10:05 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347419 Need to fill the freezer https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347451 2026-07-06 19:10:12 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347451 Yum yum https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347475 2026-07-06 19:10:17 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974347475 Burrowing Owls https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974348087

  • Zoonotic risk / Herd Safety

  • Reproductive Failure

  • Genetic Disease

  • Failure to meet standards (ie: conformational goals)

  • Overpopulation

  • For food

    • ]]>     2026-07-06 19:10:55 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974348087     https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974348947 Infection

    ]]>     2026-07-06 19:11:26 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974348947     Zoonotic risk https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974348994 2026-07-06 19:11:33 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974348994 Production https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974349044 2026-07-06 19:11:40 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974349044 Armadillo group https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974351438

  • same reasons as cattle

  • Other animals: production animals (sheep, goats, pigs, poultry, etc)

    • ]]>     2026-07-06 19:18:07 UTC https://padlet.com/CVMProfessionalSkills/wzw2o5bg2mc9l0ov/wish/3974351438