Cattle health
Dr. Dan Thomson shares essential tips for injections, needle selection and syringe maintenance to ensure herd health and carcass quality.
Although mastitis, an infection of the udder, is often considered a dairy cow problem, the disease may also impact beef producers. Here’s what you need to know and look for and how to help protect your herd.
A number of causes and contributing factors can result in hair loss and itching, and last year’s drought has played a role as harvested forages may be low in vitamin A.
At cow culling time, producers often face some tough decisions. Optimum culling of the herd often seems to require a sharp crystal ball that could see into the future.
The USDA’s ORV program is designed to control rabies in wildlife such as raccoons and skunks.
The July weather pattern is posing to offer challenges this week for feedlot operators and cattle producers.
The FDA reminds harvesters that crops harvested from flooded fields are often unacceptable because of contamination.
Preconditioning programs for calves can help increase returns on sale day, and this year may provide opportunities to adjust nutritional management and capture more value from your forages.
Zoonotic diseases could pose a risk to animals, producers, public health and livestock markets.
As the summer heats up and insect disease vectors multiply, the USDA has begun issuing its weekly reports on cases of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) in livestock.
For most of us, July 4th means cookouts, parades and fireworks. But for livestock, it’s the unofficial entry to the “dog days of summer,” with the associated threat of damaging heat stress.
While rabies remains one of the most threatening zoonotic diseases worldwide, vaccination has greatly reduced the incidence of infection among pets, livestock and even wildlife.
The USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, Iowa, has confirmed the first 2019 cases of vesicular stomatitis on three premises in Texas and New Mexico.
When the rinderpest virus broke out in Africa in the 1890s, death loss in cattle herds across eastern and southern Africa reached 80 to 90%, triggering a massive famine, with millions of people dying across the region.
Incidences of both diseases can easily occur in periods of dry weather after floodwaters recede.
The key to cattle handling is to understand animal behavior and create trust with your herd.
State officials are reminding Nebraska ranchers and feedlot operators about new rules requiring them to report certain cattle illnesses shortly after they’re found.
A Consumer Reports study released yesterday includes misleading information that could increase consumer confusion about food safety heading into the Labor Day weekend, say beef safety experts.
Cattle producers can improve the chances of their operation being successful.
What can you do to protect your herd from outside diseases brought in by new cattle?
Fall is here, and with it comes the fall run of cattle to feedlots across the country. Many of the cattle that come in are, unfortunately, from a long distance away, with questionable weaning and vaccination status.
Delivering a quality beef product to the consumer requires more than just superior genetics – trustworthy handling practices are the link that assures consumer satisfaction.
Statement from NCBA President regarding APHIS proposed rule to allow importation of beef from a region in Argentina.
Beef quality has come a long way thanks to the work of BQA practices.
Food executives address the use of antibiotics and how it relates to a tasty eating experience for consumers.
Understanding the FDA’s December 11, 2013 announcement to remove “improve growth, gain, and efficiency” use of feed grade antibiotics.
Feed and forage represents your largest annual production costs, and they provide the greatest opportunity for you to make significant changes in a short period of time.
Life Technologies hosts event with state veterinarians to explore finding common ground on regulation harmonization and diagnostic testing standardization of trichomoniasis.
As you rush to sort calves in the light of high calf prices, be careful with the ladies in the lot.
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association comments on Merck Animal Health’s response to Tyson’s ban of Zilmax-fed cattle.
Merck Animal Heath will suspend sales of Zilmax in the U.S. and Canada, while the beta-agnostic feed additive is under additional scientific audit after Tyson issued a ban on purchasing Zilmax-fed cattle.
One of the best ways to keep cattle healthy and gaining pounds in hot weather is to control flies, a Purdue Extension beef specialist says.