Bovine respiratory disease: Diagnosis in the live calf
When bovine respiratory disease strikes feedlot calves, veterinarians and cattlemen usually don’t spend a lot of time determining the specific bacteria or virus (or mix of both) causing the problem.
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How good are we at detecting bovine respiratory disease cases?
Of all the different illnesses that can affect cattle, one syndrome far and away outdoes the others: bovine respiratory disease (BRD).
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Pneumonia in pre-weaned calves
Pneumonia in beef calves following the stress of weaning or shipping has been well-documented.
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Stocker calves: Vaccination considerations
Summer months in the northern plains mean an opportunity for cattle producers to graze weaned calves on pasture.
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Cattle Management: March timely tips
Tips for managing your cattle ranch this spring.
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Cattle Health: Shipping effects on respiratory disease risk
Associations between distance traveled from sale barns to feedlots and overall performance, risk of respiratory disease and cumulative mortality in feeder cattle during 1997 to 2009.
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Management tips for good herd health
Most beef cattle producers understand the importance of keeping cattle healthy. A good herd health program is an essential part of any farm or ranch management program.
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Preventing BRDC
Decreasing bovine respiratory disease complex (BRDC) in feedlot cattle can decrease mortality and morbidity as well as reduce treatment and subclinical costs of the disease. Cattle free from respiratory disease have improved performance including better average daily and gain and feed conversion.
Chris Chase, DVM, PhD, South Dakota State University, says management factors that go along with preventing BRDC include eliminating stress factors where possible. Recognize the “critical period” for disease detection – the three weeks that follow weaning, placing on feed and shipping of cattle.
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Stress and BRDC
Bovine respiratory disease complex (BRDC) is the most significantly infectious disease in cattle, and is exacerbated by stress.
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Value of data analysis when receiving stockers
During the course of conducting grazing research at the Noble Foundation, we routinely receive and “straighten out” stocker cattle.
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November beef management calendar
Remember to follow these beef cattle management tips as temperatures get colder.
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