Animal Welfare
Here’s what the new procedures are, and how they can impact dairy operations.
Dairy and beef producers can hear firsthand from other producers and veterinarians how they provide immediate immunity to their calves at birth.
Harvesting drought-stressed corn silage will take extra testing for moisture and nitrates.
Animals vaccinated with the new vaccine can be differentiated from naturally infected animals.
If it’s harvested, ensiled and fed correctly, drought-stressed corn silage can have up to 70% of the feed value of normal.
Temperatures have exceeded 100°F several days this week, dew points have been above 70°F, and worst of all, nighttime lows rarely fell below 80°F.
18-point checklist to keep cows eating during bouts of hot weather.
The tags offered under this program can be used to satisfy traceability needs for marketing, state and national animal health programs and on-farm management.
Genex Cooperative, Inc. introduced NuLife® ReBOUND™ and NuLife® Oral Electrolyte to Midwest cattle producers in fall 2011 and has now expanded product marketing throughout the U.S.
Co-op officials don’t expect many, if any, farms to go out of business as a result of non-compliance since they expect USDA will readily grant derogations.
Recent research indicates that the lysine availability of AminoShure-L is lower than originally projected.
The Novartis Cattle Vaccine Literature Library app provides fast and convenient access tomore than 50 product brochures, technical bulletins, journal articles and other reference tools.
More research needs to be done to determine whether less confinement will lead to healthier animals and greater food safety.
Treatment of metritis with EXCEDE consists of two doses, administered 72 hours apart at the base of opposite ears.
Many dairy herds have the potential to lower ration crude protein levels by at least 0.5 to 1.0 unit without impacting herd milk production.
The critical control point in preventing MRSA spread is cow-to-cow and cow-to-human is hygiene.
The court found the utility 100% at fault and that electricity can cause a trespass onto the farm’s property, possibly resulting in treble damages.
The meeting provided the foundation for discussion on the use of antimicrobials for mastitis treatment, dry cow therapies and antimicrobial resistance.
FDA says it is taking the action to preserve the effectiveness of cephalosporin drugs for treating diseases in humans.
After a judge’s reprimand of a vegan activist group, a Western dairy leader urges dairy families to continue standing up to animal rights “terrorists.”
Colorado State University, Oregon State University, Western University of Health Sciences, Washington State University and University of California at Davis are involved in the project.
Remodeled facilities will enable better animal care—with better cooling and ventilation and bigger, more comfortable stalls—and enhanced learning opportunities than are possible in the existing 56-year-old setup.
The majority of Salmonella infections in herds are sneaky and often can go undetected for long periods of time in the form of subclinical salmonellosis.
Pulmotil is approved for the control of BRD associated with Mannheimia haemolytica, Pasteurella multocida and Histophilus somni in groups of beef and nonlactating dairy cattle.
U.S. dairy farms will have until May 1 to come into compliance.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will begin a “nonregulatory milk double-blinded sampling survey” of milk samples of herds that have a history of antibiotic residues in meat.
Implementing Johne’s control measures must become a part of daily routine, and followed year after year.
The video also serves as a library of facts that dairy farmers can reference in talking to consumers about the dairy industry.
South Dakota State Veterinarian Dr. Dustin Oedekoven announced Nov. 9 that a TB-infected herd had been found in the southeastern part of the state.