Herd Health
When it is cold, cows can divert their energy into maintaining body temperature instead of producing milk. What can you do to avoid that?
What could this year bring for the dairy industry? One analyst says he expects to see the size of the U.S. dairy herd to be about the same as it was last year.
10-year, 7-herd study also shows lower health costs.
The frequency of feed delivery influences a dairy cow’s eating behavior.
When it comes to animal welfare, could it be possible that activists may actually be able to help improve certain areas of concern within the dairy industry?
The ban is not immediate and will take at least two years to implement.
Anaplasmosis outbreaks typically peak in late summer through early fall, and now is a good time to review control strategies based on risk levels.
AgDay national reporter Betsy Jibben talks with Dr. Jan Shearer, a Professor and Extension Veterinarian at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State University to break it down scene by scene.
The nation’s largest dairy remains in the headlines this week after an animal activist group released multiple videos of alleged animal abuse. AgDay and U.S. Farm Report’s Betsy Jibben has a report.
The contest is open to all photographers. Deadline is May 31, 2014.
Ireland says the United States will permit imports of beef from the country — the first European Union state allowed to resume sales since the mad cow disease scare over 15 years ago.
BIVI will pick up the $25-$50 certification fee for beef or dairy producers who are interested in becoming certified or recertified under the Beef Quality Assurance program.
Dairymen should be cognizant of daily management practices that impact beef and dairy products reaching the public’s dinner plate.
Ten years ago today, it took just one cow to send shock waves through the cattle industry of the United States.
Authorities say a cow from northeast Nebraska has been diagnosed with a case of bovine tuberculosis.
Survey shows increase in resistance to drug therapies among three years of records from BRD cases.
Elanco, the animal health division of Eli Lilly and Company, today announced the company will purchase the Titanium and Master Guard brands from AgriLabs.
Merck Animal Health’s Vista® vaccines are now approved for use in pregnant cows and calves nursing pregnant cows.
Grazing or feeding green sorghums, sudangrasses and sorghum-sudangrass crosses to cattle can be a bit worrisome because of the threat of prussic acid poisoning, but there are ways to mitigate that risk.
Many beef farms across the Midwest have experienced difficulty harvesting high quality forage. Finding opportunities to double crop forages could help producing high quality forage.
An inspection group from Taiwan was scheduled to arrive in Washington Sunday to monitor beef safety in the United States after a case of mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), was found in a dairy cow in California last month.
The discovery of mad cow disease in the US this week could be a boon for Australia’s beef export industry but it is too early to make predictions, industry leaders say.
New Mexico State University is partnering with Texas A&M and other universities across the country on a $9.75 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to research bovine respiratory disease and how to reduce its prevalence in beef and dairy cattle.
The American Veterinary Medical Association’s new video shows how to reduce pain for cattle during dehorning.
Robotic calf-feeding system provides flexibility, reduced labor, weight gain
The 74th cattle herd in Michigan since 1998 has been identified as having bovine tuberculosis (TB).
A case of bovine tuberculosis (TB) has been confirmed at a dairy located in the Panhandle region of Texas by animal health officials.
Scientists from USDA developed the tools to mass produce penicillin, which was used for treating wounded soldiers over 70 years ago during World War II.
Agricultural officials this week confirmed the presence of the Longhorned tick in Benton County, Arkansas, increasing to four the number of states with confirmed sightings of the exotic Asian pest.