Animal health
Ideal stocking rates vary depending on facilities and management, and require a balance between cow well-being and economics.
Nominations are open for the Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) 2019 Reproduction Awards program.
This common metabolic disease can affect even the healthiest cow.
The American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) and the Hoof Trimmers Association (HTA) announce a co-sponsored funding opportunity to support applied research in bovine lameness and hoof health.
Extreme heat, dry conditions can lead to possible losses.
An atypical case of BSE was detected in a six year-old Florida beef cow, but never entered the slaughter channels and poses no threat to the U.S. food supply.
Cows calving with low blood calcium isn’t necessarily bad.
Largest such study finds rampant antibiotic use in chickens.
Spain has reported a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly called mad cow disease, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) says.
Officials say the infestation of screwworms is spreading in the Florida Keys.
A deceased couple’s estate has gifted Mississippi State University $7.2 million to endow scholarships for veterinary students.
New VetMAX-Gold Trich Detection Kit provides a diagnostic solution to help address harmonization of Tritrichomonas foetus laboratory testing.
The State Board of Animal Health says bovine tuberculosis has been found in the wild in Indiana for the first time.
Horn flies, face flies, and stable flies are not just irritants to livestock, but are also economically important to producers due to negative impacts on milk production and calf weaning weights. In addition, they can affect grazing distribution and transmit eye diseases such as pinkeye and infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR).
Livestock producers always have been able to buy medicated feeds, with a few exceptions, over the counter at feed stores as needed. But that will change with the Food and Drug Administration’s implementation of veterinary feed directive rules.
Even the University of Texas mascot isn’t immune to common cattle ailments like Bovine Leukemia Virus.
The Veterinary Feed Directive was developed out of the concern for antibiotic resistance associated with daily antibiotic use in animal feeds.
A virulent strain of Bovine Viral Diarrhea affected over 5,000 cattle in Germany.
Johne’s occurs most commonly in dairy cattle, but may occasionally be seen in beef cattle as well.
Should livestock producers be concerned about blue-green algae in their water?
Pinkeye, the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK), is a contagious disease causing inflammation of the cornea and conjunctiva.
More than 5,500 cattle producers took advantage of free online registration for Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) certification this spring provided by Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. (BIVI) in partnership with the check-off funded BQA program.
The best way to determine what caused an abortion or stillbirth in cattle is lab testing.
Yesterday the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed the birthdate of the beef cow in Alberta detected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).
Challenges related to the evolution of antibiotic resistant bacteria have led to a new multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional collaborative endeavor, The Task Force on Antibiotic Resistance in Production Agriculture.
Honoring their significant contributions to the beef and dairy cattle industry, David Bechtol, D.V.M., and Maarten Drost, D.V.M., were inducted into the Cattle Production Veterinarian Hall of Fame.
Help keep parasites from eating into profits with these simple steps.
The state Board of Animal Health has voted to adopt standards that align Indiana with a federal livestock identification program.
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the American Association of Extension Veterinarians are co-hosting the Extension session of the 2014 U.S. Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus Symposium Aug. 3 at Texas A&M University.
University of Missouri student named 2014 National Winner of the Bayer Excellence in Communication Award.