Latest News From Animal health

Food executives address the use of antibiotics and how it relates to a tasty eating experience for consumers.

Hunting groups in Montana are challenging a plan to reduce the spread of disease to cattle by allowing landowners to fence out and kill elk.

Use Beef Quality Assurance this spring when bringing calves in for branding.

Beef producers should be on the watch for grass tetany in cattle that will be turned out on spring pasture.

Livestock owners should scout fields for post-storm debris to prevent ‘hardware disease’.

Grazing season is here for much of the country, so make sure you're cattle are ready to combat pesky insects like flies this summer.

All cattle producers should consider completing their Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) certification every three years, and convenient training is available in-person and online.

Knowing when to deworm your cattle can be quite profitable.

Prevention of scours should be at the forefront of all livestock producers thinking this spring.

Five distinguished cattle veterinarians have been nominated and voting is underway for the 2014 Cattle Production Veterinarian Hall of Fame.

Cattle producers need to watch out for grass tetany.

Proper nutrition goes a long way in maintaining a healthy herd of cattle.

Most winters take a toll on cattle, but this winter has been tougher than most.

Kansas State and Nebraska professors call for increased attention to the issue of lameness in beef cattle.

Beef producers have many options available to include in beef cattle diets that can offer many benefits in a small package.

Beef calf scours signs and treatment strategies.

Managing calf scours in young beef calves.

As spring calving season approaches, it is vital that your calves receive adequate immunity at birth.

Cold dominated the weather reports since Jan. 1 and it has made managing livestock during these frigid times more difficult.

The market rally has increased more than just the value of calves. It’s increased the value of your management, too.

The key to cattle handling is to understand animal behavior and create trust with your herd.

Severe winter conditions are commonplace in many geographical areas where beef is produced and this can lead to some less than desirable calving conditions.

State officials are reminding Nebraska ranchers and feedlot operators about new rules requiring them to report certain cattle illnesses shortly after they're found.

Along with the decreased temperatures and decline in forage growth, comes an increase in calories needed for farm animals.

Boaldin Livestock Enterprises announces their new product the John-Ease Small Calf Chute.

Understanding the FDA’s December 11, 2013 announcement to remove “improve growth, gain, and efficiency” use of feed grade antibiotics.

Shooting wild bison with vaccine-laced "biobullets" to prevent the spread of disease to livestock would be too ineffective to justify the expense, Yellowstone National Park administrators said Tuesday.

It is already time to start thinking about and planning for calving season.

Feed and forage represents your largest annual production costs, and they provide the greatest opportunity for you to make significant changes in a short period of time.

Life Technologies hosts event with state veterinarians to explore finding common ground on regulation harmonization and diagnostic testing standardization of trichomoniasis.

As you rush to sort calves in the light of high calf prices, be careful with the ladies in the lot.

Producers in every segment find benefits from beef quality assurance.

Harvest method affects the risk of prussic acid poisoning.

To promote a healthier pasture next spring, producers need to start planning for the end of the season now and help their plants prepare for fall.

Merck Animal Heath will suspend sales of Zilmax in the U.S. and Canada, while the beta-agnostic feed additive is under additional scientific audit after Tyson issued a ban on purchasing Zilmax-fed cattle.

The National Cattlemen's Beef Association comments on Merck Animal Health's response to Tyson's ban of Zilmax-fed cattle.

A new smartphone app can help farmers reduce a billion dollar problem in heat-related losses in their cattle herds.

One of the best ways to keep cattle healthy and gaining pounds in hot weather is to control flies, a Purdue Extension beef specialist says.

Learn about this risk categorization strategy that is based upon the potential for sickness and death in feeder calves.

The World Organization for Animal Health is recommending that the U.S. risk classification for BSE be upgraded to negligible risk.

A survey of consumers makes one thing abundantly clear: The beef industry could do a better job of marketing its product.

What does the future hold? More beef consumption, mobile medical diagnostics and at-home manufacturing, among other things.

It will be more important than ever this year to have a solid prebreeding vaccination program with safe, efficacious products in place

Tips to help animals maintain rate of gain and to protect cows as they approach the spring calving season.

Tips to help ensure the efficacy of injectable cattle products by implementing and adhering to sound management.

Calculated losses from open cows in today’s market tally higher than you might think.

Knowing the boundaries could save you money.

Fall frost increases potential for prussic acid toxicity in livestock.

Nebraska confirms 10 cases of epizootic hemorrhagic disease in cattle. Learn the symptoms and impact on cattle.

Water quality issues continue to worsen as drought and high temperatures increase the risk of high sulfate water.