Editor's Desk -- Beef Quality Assurance: A Very Good Thing Subacute Acidosis: An Often Unobserved Thief Beef Exports Strong: Japan, Mexico Import Most U.S. Beef Research Focuses on Cattle Bruised by Hail Protecting Cattle from Liver Abscesses pays Dividends Producers Convey Opposition to Proposed Marketing Restrictions Animal Welfare As a Trade barrier Vaccinating Kicks Off Complex Process The Real Antibiotics Issue, Part III The Most At Risk Beef Symposium Scheduled for June Drought, Corn Prices Could Determine Future Cow's Milk May Hold the Key to Protecting Meat From E-Coli Bacteria Implanting Calves Makes Sense -- and Money Water - It Can't Be Limited Water Quality for Feedlot Cattle