Do preconditioning programs work for dairy heifers?
It may be time to take a lesson from the beef industry.
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Your Animals' Good Health Benefits Everyone
In Marlys Miller's article, "It’s Your Responsibility To Fend Off FADs,"
she highlights the concerns about foreign animal diseases and
emphasizes our collective responsibility to keep them out of the USA.
Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is such a terrible disease that it rightly
deserves the attention it gets.
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Dairy Health: BVD Testing Available Through The PA Animal Diagnostic Laboratory System
Bovine Virus Diarrhea virus (BVDv) is a bovine enteric virus with a
worldwide distribution. In preliminary studies in 2002 on the
development of BVD control programs for Europe, losses due to BVD were
estimated at between $5 and $20 per calving.
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Receiving health for cattle purchased at the sale barn
A survey of a Wisconsin livestock market in 2002 indicated only 7.5 percent of the cattle were announced as being vaccinated and boostered for bovine respiratory diesease at the surveyed feeder calf sales.
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Bovi-Shield GOLD FP 5 L5 HB
Pfizer Animal Health introduces a 5-dose vial for Bovi-Shield GOLD FP 5 L5 HB.
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Cow Calf Management: Start Marketing & Adding Value Today
Historically speaking, cow/calf producers were "price takers" rather than "price makers." However, in the past decade or so, over a dozen new opportunities are enabling some calves deemed higher "quality" to sell at a higher price.
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Selection for BRD resistance (Animal health)
Research indicates there is a genetic component to susceptibility or resistance to bovine respiratory disease in cattle, suggesting an opportunity to reduce BRD incidence through genetic selection.
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Calf nutrition: value-added attribute?
Producers hope to attract buyers by improving feeder-calf health.
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Cattle Health: Withdrawal Times Are Critical
Summer often brings a couple cattle health issues that must be treated
for the well-being of the animal. Foot rot and pinkeye are both
infections that often are responsive to antibiotic therapy.
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Transition heifers successfully
Heifers returning to the dairy from a heifer ranch or new purchases can present health challenges. Use these tips to manage those challenges.
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What's A Show-Me-Select Heifer?
The name "Show-Me-Select" heifer was introduced to Missouri cattlemen
in 1997. It is the name given to beef heifers that are managed from
weaning to late second and third stage pregnancy to minimize calving
difficulty and set them up to reduce future reproductive losses.
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- Packer margins jump higher, feeding margins bleak
- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
- Oklahoma producers have access to new OQBN tool
- Survey reveals most Americans in favor of COOL
- Oil ends higher on weaker dollar, supplies weigh
- Purdue's beef evaluation program receives 10,000th bull
- Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
- U.S. cattle placements rise in April as feed costs subside
- Ag markets were mixed to start the new week
- Corn planting pace turns from record slow to record fast
- Drought losses in Oklahoma top $400 million for 2012
- Corn and soybean prices continue to retrace 2012 drought rally
