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Semen quality: A picture is worth a thousand words
David Luedeker, DVM, Beard-Navasota Veterinary Hospital, Navasota, Texas, demonstrates the phase microscopic and computer screen the practice uses to show clients motility and morphology of bull semen in real time.
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Burkholder explains LFTB
At a Beef 101 presentation from the National Cattlemen's Beef Association on Capitol Hill in April, Nebraska feedlot owner Anne Burkholder, Cozad, Neb., explains to congressional staffers what lean finely-textured beef really is.
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Understanding Guidance 209 and 213
At the AVC’s April meeting in Washington, D.C., Mike Apley, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVCP, Kansas State University, explains what FDA’s rulings on Guidance 209 and 213 will mean for producers and cattle veterinarians.
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Beef 101 educates congressional staffers
Guy Loneragan, BVSc, PhD and feedlot owner Anne Burkholder educate congressional staffers on the beef industry, the inputs used and the care producers take of their cattle.
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Horton says yes to heterosis, no to the “balanced bull”
Cattle feeder and rancher Dallas Horton, DVM, outlines genetic-selection strategies that pay on the ranch and in the feedyard.
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Understand parasite refugia
Christine Navarre, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVIM, Louisiana State University, talks about parasite refugia at the 2012 Western Veterinary Conference.
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Food animal opportunities at WVC
Jim Brett, DVM, Large Animal Education Manager for the Western Veterinary Conference, discusses the educational opportunities for beef and dairy veterinarians at both last week's 2012 and next year's 2013 Western Veterinary Conference in Las Vegas.
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BQA Cow-Calf and Feedlot Assessment tools
Dan Thomson, DVM, PhD, Beef Cattle Institute at Kansas State University, talks about the NCBA BQA Cow-Calf and Feedlot Assessment tools and why it’s important that veterinarians get involved.
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Trich transmission in the cow herd
Brad White, DVM, Kansas State University, discusses Tritrichomonas foetus transmission in the cow herd.
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Sjeklocha discusses AVC in D.C.
Dave Sjeklocha, DVM, discusses the importance of the spring 2012 AVC meeting in Washington, D.C.
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Antibiotic resistance in livestock
Dr. Mike Apley discusses the issues and highlights from last week's NIAA meeting on antibiotic resistance in livestock.
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- Cornell genetic testing process cuts costs by up to 75 percent
- 100K Pathogen Genome Project maps first genomes
- USDA approves newly formulated PULMO-GUARD vaccine for cattle
- UK first in EU to get Merck's new Schmallenberg vaccine
- K-State launches MAB program for animal health professionals
- Zoetis, Texas Tech partner in Salmonella research
