Animal health	Drought management	Genetics	Nutrition
Business management	Equipment and Facilities	Herd health	Reproduction
Calving management	Equipment	Internet	Reproductive management
Cow-calf management	Food safety	Marketing	Research
Cow-calf nutrition	Forage	Management	Risk management

Prepare your fall health program (Animal health)
Drovers staff  |  Thursday, October 25, 2001

It's fall round up time and things can get pretty hectic on your farm and ranch. Establishing a checklist for supplies can make processing go a little smoother. Harlan Ritchie, livestock specialist at Michigan State University reminds producers to consider the following items:

• Ear tags to replace lost identification tags
  
• Deworming products
  
• Grub and lice products
  
• Vaccines for IBR, PI3, BVD, haemophilus, seven-way clostridial, BRSV, five-strain leptospirosis, vibriosis and pasteurella toxoid. Note that several of the previously mentioned vaccines are available in combinations that require fewer injections.
  
• Schedule a veterinarian to vaccinate replacement heifer calves for brucellosis if necessary in your state.
  
• Be prepared to castrate or band bull calves that were missed earlier in the season.
  
• Prepare to have your calf crop weighed and analyzed through your state, regional or breed performance-testing program.

Printer-friendly version

Email a friend