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LEE COUNTY, Miss. (WTVA) -- A key indication that it is hot is when cows start to complain in not so subtle ways. The cows we visited Wednesday did not even want to moo because of the heat, but the real indication was they would not eat....

New Trich Program Designed To Enhance Marketing

published: August 12th 2010 source: Independent Cattlemen’s Association

A new voluntary cattle health program can help ranchers market their breeding animals by reassuring buyers that bulls are free of cattle trichomoniasis, an infection that can be spread during breeding, and which can cause cows to abort and take a long time to become pregnant again....

Salt and Grass Tetany in Beef Cattle

published: August 10th 2010 by: Duane Dailey source: Missouri University Extension

Cow chemistry keeps revealing secrets as Dale Blevins delves deeper into the causes of grass tetany, a nutritional disorder than kills cows. Blevins, a University of Missouri plant scientist, studies the makeup of grass that the afflicted cows eat....

Summer pneumonia in calves

published: August 6th 2010 by: By Larry C. Hollis, D.V.M source: Kansas Extension

One of the most frustrating things that can happen to a cow/calf producer is to have a set of healthy growing calves start developing pneumonia during mid-summer, while the calves are still nursing the cow....

Fly Control Important To Beef And Dairy Production

published: July 16th 2010 by: Jennifer Stewart source: Purdue University

Whether in the pasture or the barn, fly control is an essential part of keeping healthy dairy and beef cattle herds, said Purdue University entomologist Ralph Williams. In pasture cattle the two primary fly pests are horn flies, which are a biting fly, and face flies....

TAHC And TAMU College Of Vet Medicine Develop Mobile Response

published: June 25th 2010 source: Texas Animal Health Commission

In cooperation with the Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC,) the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has recently developed a mobile Veterinary Emergency Team (V....

Choose Cattle Vaccines Correctly

published: June 11th 2010 source: Pfizer Animal Health

When trying to improve profitability, one of the most important factors for producers to consider is the reproductive health and performance of their herds. This is especially true because one open cow can cost a producer nearly $400 annually....

Antibiotic Resistance Research Makes Progress

published: May 27th 2010 source: KTIC

Agricultural Research Service scientists and cooperators have used an advanced genetic screening technique to identify more than 700 genes that give microbes like Salmonella, E. coli, Campylobacter, Listeria, and Enterococcus the ability to resist antibiotics and other antimicrobial compounds....

Cattle Insecticide Ear Tag Recommendations

published: April 29th 2010 by: Lee Townsend, extension entomologist source: University of Kentucky

Insecticide impregnated cattle ear tags have been a popular means of pasture fly (horn fly and face fly) control for over 20 years. The insecticide in them is transferred to the animal’s hair coat as it grooms and rubs....

Deworming In Beef Cattle

published: April 28th 2010 source: cattlesite.com

Don't overlook deworming this spring – timely application of parasite control before turnout can help maximise producers' deworming dollars by reducing pasture contamination and helping keep cattle productive....

Recommended bull vaccinations

published: April 16th 2010 by: Kris Ringwall source: NDSU Extension Service

Bulls are not as tough as perceived, and meeting their requirements is critical to the success of the cowherd. I don't know that there is a good database on bull morbidity or mortality because most herds don't have that many bulls....

Homeland security department renews animal disease centers in Texas, Kansas

published: April 2nd 2010 source: Texas Agri-Life Extension Service

COLLEGE STATION – Efforts to protect the nation from potentially catastrophic animal diseases – some of which are transmissible to humans – will continue with a $21 million package from the U....

USDA Offering Incentives Due To Vet Shortages

published: March 25th 2010 by: Angela Joiner source: Abilene Reporter News

There is a nationwide shortage of rural food animal veterinarians and the U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering incentives to entice new veterinary graduates to practice in underserved areas for a minimum of three years in exchange for part of their student loans to be paid by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture....

Food Animal Vets Getting Financial Help To Work This Segment Of Practice

published: March 16th 2010 by: Melinda Larkin source: JAVMA News

After Garrett R. Stewart graduates from the Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine this spring, he'll go on to be a food animal practitioner in his hometown of Washington, Kansas. He'll have some company, too, as 28 of the 108 veterinary students who graduated in 2009 from K-State went into food animal or mixed animal practice....

The Use Of Antibiotics In Livestock Production Discussed In Briefings

published: March 2nd 2010 source: beefsite.com

Livestock and poultry groups hosted educational briefings February 23rd to share the facts about the importance of tools like antibiotics in raising healthy food animals. The informational sessions were co-hosted by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association through beef checkoff funding, the National Chicken Council, National Pork Producers Council, National Milk Producers Federation, National Turkey Federation, American Meat Institute and National Meat Association....

Welcomed wet weather setting stage for foot issues in cattle

published: February 5th 2010 by: Martha Hollida Garrett

While the wet winter weather has been welcomed in terms of moisture across the South, it is setting the stage for outbreaks of foot infections in herds. While the disease is not life threatening, foot rot is economically important to producers because of decreased weight gain and treatment costs....

Researchers Develop More Effective Ways To Predict Spread of Foot-and-Mouth Disease

published: January 25th 2010 source: K State University

Combining technology and animal health, a group of Kansas State University researchers is developing a more effective way to predict the spread of foot-and-mouth disease and the impact of preventative measures....

Cargill Testing E. coli Vaccine

published: January 6th 2010 source: KTIC

Cargill is testing at least one of two forms of a vaccine that might reduce the spread of E.coli 0157:H7 in cattle intestines. The availability of the vaccine was announced in December by USDA’s Agricultural Research Service....

Cold Weather And Calves

published: January 5th 2010 by: W. Dee Whittier source: VA-MD Regional Collee of Veterinary Medicine, Va Tech

Calf losses due to cold can result from both severely frost bitten parts as well as from freezing to death or hypothermia. Appropriate management can help cattle producers avoid many of these losses for those operations that have calves born during the cold season....

Disease Prevention

published: December 14th 2009 by: Gary Di Gieseppe source: American Cattlemen

There are seven major reproductive diseases in cattle; one of them - Brucella abort us, the cause of brucellosis - has been nearly vanquished. But the others still lie in wait for the opportunity to rob ranchers of profits....