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Peer-reviewedCC BYTranslational animal science

Systematic mapping of threats to U.S. beef production.

  • Zhihong Xu1
  • Shuai Ma2
  • Anjorin Ezekiel Adeyemi3
  • Jaehyun Ahn4
  • Ashlynn Kogut5
  • Xiting Zhuang6
  • Guadalupe Ceja7
  • Matt Baker1
  • Kent Toyonaga1
  • Tian Chen1
  • Fahmida Husain Choudhury1
  • Abdul Saboor Rahmany1
7 affiliations
  1. 1Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States.
  2. 2Department of Agricultural Education, Communications and Leadership, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United States.
  3. 3Department of Agriculture, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS, United States.
  4. 4Department of Agricultural Education Communication, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.
  5. 5Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States.
  6. 6Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, United States.
  7. 7Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States.
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Abstract

For the last 65 years, the United States (U.S.) agriculture has been a global leader in total factor productivity (TFP). Within this highly productive and diverse agri-food system, the beef cattle industry stands out distinctly in its operations and for its substantial contributions. After the 11 September 2001, attacks, potential threats to the U.S. agricultural sector, especially the beef supply chain, became a key concern. Agroterrorism and other cross-border threats pose severe challenges to this vital supply chain, raising food and national security concerns. This study aims to comprehensively map potential U.S. beef supply chain threats, focusing on the production phase. The production phase refers to the production phases before harvest: feed production, veterinary services, genetics/breeding, cow-calf operations, background and stocker operations, grass-finishing, and feedlots. The review focuses on three goals: (a) the distribution of research on threats to the production phase of the U.S. beef supply chain. (b) Systematically identify and categorize risks in U.S. beef production, focusing on variables such as threat categories, threat type, specific diseases, pathogens, transmission sources, and their impacts on stakeholders and cattle health. (c) Categorize the solutions/strategies. We set the time frame from 2010 to 2024 and included the publications in the CAB Abstracts (Ovid) database, grey literature from research organizations and conferences proceedings. Evidence and gap maps (EGMs) were employed to visualize the characteristics and distribution of the included studies and identify major scholarly interests and research gaps. This mapping review provides an accessible, comprehensive, and understandable synthesis of data that will inform stakeholders for quickly identifying trends and solutions from diverse research efforts nationally and globally, enabling more effective responses to emerging threats in the U.S. beef supply chain and providing valuable insights for future research to address gaps in the beef production phase.

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BibTeX
@article{xu2026systematic,
  title = {{Systematic mapping of threats to U.S. beef production.}},
  author = {Zhihong Xu and Shuai Ma and Anjorin Ezekiel Adeyemi and Jaehyun Ahn and Ashlynn Kogut and Xiting Zhuang and Guadalupe Ceja and Matt Baker and Kent Toyonaga and Tian Chen and Fahmida Husain Choudhury and Abdul Saboor Rahmany},
  journal = {Translational animal science},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.1093/tas/txag143},
  url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42894837},
  note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY  - JOUR
TI  - Systematic mapping of threats to U.S. beef production.
AU  - Zhihong Xu
AU  - Shuai Ma
AU  - Anjorin Ezekiel Adeyemi
AU  - Jaehyun Ahn
AU  - Ashlynn Kogut
AU  - Xiting Zhuang
AU  - Guadalupe Ceja
AU  - Matt Baker
AU  - Kent Toyonaga
AU  - Tian Chen
AU  - Fahmida Husain Choudhury
AU  - Abdul Saboor Rahmany
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/21
JO  - Translational animal science
DO  - 10.1093/tas/txag143
UR  - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42894837
AB  - For the last 65 years, the United States (U.S.) agriculture has been a global leader in total factor productivity (TFP). Within this highly productive and diverse agri-food system, the beef cattle industry stands out distinctly in its operations and for its substantial contributions. After the 11 September 2001, attacks, potential threats to the U.S. agricultural sector, especially the beef supply chain, became a key concern. Agroterrorism and other cross-border threats pose severe challenges to this vital supply chain, raising food and national security concerns. This study aims to comprehensively map potential U.S. beef supply chain threats, focusing on the production phase. The production phase refers to the production phases before harvest: feed production, veterinary services, genetics/breeding, cow-calf operations, background and stocker operations, grass-finishing, and feedlots. The review focuses on three goals: (a) the distribution of research on threats to the production phase of the U.S. beef supply chain. (b) Systematically identify and categorize risks in U.S. beef production, focusing on variables such as threat categories, threat type, specific diseases, pathogens, transmission sources, and their impacts on stakeholders and cattle health. (c) Categorize the solutions/strategies. We set the time frame from 2010 to 2024 and included the publications in the CAB Abstracts (Ovid) database, grey literature from research organizations and conferences proceedings. Evidence and gap maps (EGMs) were employed to visualize the characteristics and distribution of the included studies and identify major scholarly interests and research gaps. This mapping review provides an accessible, comprehensive, and understandable synthesis of data that will inform stakeholders for quickly identifying trends and solutions from diverse research efforts nationally and globally, enabling more effective responses to emerging threats in the U.S. beef supply chain and providing valuable insights for future research to address gaps in the beef production phase.
SN  - 2573-2102
ER  -