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.
Producers should implement fly control programs that protect livestock and reduce the chances of insecticide resistance.
Learn how to minimize the impact flies have on your herd.
Pneumonia in cattle can be very frustrating for veterinarians and producers.
How risky is it to feed crops that have mycotoxins to cattle?
A good cow herd vaccination program starts with the heifers. Protect heifers before breeding season begins.
A K-State veterinarian warns producers of hoof conditions that could affect beef cattle this summer.
Vaccines cost only $3 to $10 per calf. With prices for calves hovering around $2 per pound, even a pound of gain lost to a preventable disease would cover the cost of the vaccine.
Having a broad vaccination program builds immunity within the general population, which effectively limits the capacity of the agents of disease to spread.
There are a lot of different reasons to castrate calves at a certain stage in their lives, but when is the best time to do it?
It is weaning time for fall calves which means local livestock specialists with University of Missouri Extension are getting questions about proper pre- and post-weaning management.
Practicing proper Beef Quality Assurance guidelines at branding is a must for producers.
An astounding 7,732 producers from across the country recently received their Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) certification.
The producer should take a serious look at the reasons why each calf died and what could be done next time to save it.
Beef producers should be on the watch for grass tetany in cattle that will be turned out on spring pasture.
Grazing season is here for much of the country, so make sure you’re cattle are ready to combat pesky insects like flies this summer.
Use Beef Quality Assurance this spring when bringing calves in for branding.
Five distinguished cattle veterinarians have been nominated and voting is underway for the 2014 Cattle Production Veterinarian Hall of Fame.
Proper nutrition goes a long way in maintaining a healthy herd of cattle.
Cattle producers need to watch out for grass tetany.
Kansas State and Nebraska professors call for increased attention to the issue of lameness in beef cattle.
Most winters take a toll on cattle, but this winter has been tougher than most.
Beef producers have many options available to include in beef cattle diets that can offer many benefits in a small package.
As spring calving season approaches, it is vital that your calves receive adequate immunity at birth.
Along with the decreased temperatures and decline in forage growth, comes an increase in calories needed for farm animals.
Cold dominated the weather reports since Jan. 1 and it has made managing livestock during these frigid times more difficult.
Water quality issues continue to worsen as drought and high temperatures increase the risk of high sulfate water.
USDA’s heat stress forecasts show emergency heat levels in the central U.S. through July 6th. Take caution with livestock.