Basics
Proper injection sites to remember at calf-working time
The months of April and May are traditionally the months when “spring round-ups” take place. This is the time that large and small cow/calf operations schedule the “working” of the calves.
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Vaccinating pregnant cows: Reproduction
When a cow is in the chute for pregnancy checking, many cow-calf producers take advantage of the opportunity to perform other necessary procedures to get their cows ready for the winter and the subsequent calving season.
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Clinical syndromes of BVD
Bovine Virus Diarrhea (BVD) is one of the most significant viral infections of cattle. BVD was first recognized as a disease syndrome in 1946. Today, 70 to 90 percent of the world's cattle population is seropositive for BVD.
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Busting BVDV myths
Myths abound about BVDV and reproduction; here, these 15 myths are measured in terms of their plausibility.
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Timely Tips
Tips for managing your cattle ranch this spring.
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Protecting More Calves From Respiratory Diseases
It soon will be time to "work" the spring-born calves. New research is
available that suggests that the young calves may be vaccinated with
products used for protection against the respiratory diseases (IBR and
BVDV).
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Cattle Health: What Is BVD-PI?
BVD-PI stands for Bovine Viral Diarrhea-Persistent Infection. BVD-PI occurs when an animal is infected with BVD before birth (in utero).
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BVD risk management tool
Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) poses at least some threat to most cattle operations at every production stage, especially when unidentified persistently infected animals spread the virus within herds or across fence lines.
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