Animal health
Calving season has begun, in a winter season that has had some extreme temperature swings. Drastic temperature changes can continue to be a concern when caring for newborn livestock.
All sectors of the animal food production industry and partners in human medicine and public health will come together around one of the most important topics in animal and human health today.
Buffalo gnats, or black flies, were blamed for deaths of cattle, horses and deer in Arkansas earlier this year. Now researchers want to quantify the risks and see what control efforts were effective.
New supplements offer value but producers need to determine costs and potential returns for practices they adopt
Low-stress weaning—regardless of how we do it—begins with how we gather and bring in the cattle. If we don’t do it properly, the cows and calves are in panic mode before we even have them in the corral.
For the first time in three years a positive case of brucellosis has been identified in a Wyoming cattle herd.
Whichever way you look at it, increasing the opportunity for profit or decreasing the risk for loss, having an advanced genetic “scouting report” on feeders has value.
When animals have health or performance problems it is almost always because the person in charge of taking care of them is not showing the proper interest in what they need.
One of the things University of Missouri researchers discovered as they looked at heifer development is the importance of identifying the fertility response of heifers before breeding.
We know a lack of water will affect cattle health and performance. What we may forget is that water is a nutrient and has nutritional value that can affect livestock as its quality changes.
Crop protein content ties for lowest in decades on bad weather.
A blue-green algae outbreak in an Oregon reservoir has killed 32 cattle.
Starting calves can be as much art as science, which explains why some stocker operators and feedlots have more success than others.
A pair of bulls in Montana have tested positive for brucellosis.
The fear of bovine tuberculosis spreading has deer hunters dealing with strict inspections in Indiana.
Small steps on the farm can yield big differences at sale time.
Fetal programming is generally considered the impact of nutritional and health status of the mother during pregnancy and its impact on the health and productivity of the offspring.
On very rare occasions violative residues of pharmaceutical products have been found in carcass tissues of cull beef cows.
A good immune system protects cattle again disease-causing pathogens.
The last thing producers want to hear at pregnancy check time, is the call of “Open!” from their veterinarian. It is often assumed that open females failed to conceive; however, fertilization rates in beef cattle typically range between 90-100%. Nonetheless, only around 70% of fertilizations result in conception.
Price premiums are growing for preconditioned calves in every region.
It’s all about increasing calf performance and capturing a premium.
More than half a century after its discovery, bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) still wages war on cattle health and producers’ livelihoods.
Monday is the early bird deadline to register for Drovers Cow-Calf Cowboy College at a reduced rate.
Researchers say Montana elk are to blame for an animal disease spreading into new areas around Yellowstone National Park.
Genomic analysis shows elk serve as self-sustaining brucellosis reservoir.
Cattle feeders and veterinarians should keep an eye out for E. coli O165:H25, an enterohemorrhagic strain that can cause disease in cattle and potentially poses a food-safety hazard for humans.
Correct administration of any injection is a critical control point in beef production and animal health.