Bovine Disease
Baby calf health: Deformed calves
Every year cattle producers encounter problems with calves that are born with congenital abnormalities.
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Bovine TB Case Traced to Indiana Farm
Indiana State Board of Animal Health (BOAH) has identified bovine tuberculosis (commonly called “TB,” or more formally known as Mycobacterium bovis) in a beef cattle herd in Southeastern Indiana.
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Johne’s Disease Booklet Available
Dairy and beef producers, veterinarians and others involved in the dairy and beef industries wanting to learn more about Johne’s disease prevention and control are encouraged to request a new 16-page booklet available from the National Johne’s Education Initiative and the National Institute for Animal Agriculture.
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Animal health news from NCBA
At the recent National Cattlemen’s Beef Association annual meeting and convention in Denver, several updates on cattle health issues were given.
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Multi-Year Project Reduced Johne's in Michigan
A team of veterinarians, animal scientists and extension educators from Michigan State University are completing a multi-year research study looking at control and prevention of Johne’s Disease ( in cattle herds.
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BRD Treatment and CPPS
The Mycoplasma bovis bacterium is involved in bovine respiratory disease complex (BRD) and plays a role in chronic pneumonia and polyarthritis syndrome (CPPS). This disease is responsible for 25-40% of feedlot calf mortality and has surpassed shipping fever as the leading cause of death loss in high-risk fall-placed feedlot calves in Canada.
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What is trichomoniasis?
SUNUP's Glenn Selk talks with Extension veterinarian D.L Step, about what trichomoniasis is, how it affects cattle and how to prevent it.
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Victory At Hand Against Deadly Rinderpest Disease
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is poised to declare rinderpest, a disease that has caused massive cattle death losses and human famine, eradicated.
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Exotic bluetongue
At the Biosecurity: Our Regional & National Response symposium on Monday in Kansas City, Mo., Barbara Drolet, PhD, USDA, ARS, Arthropod-Borne Animal Diseases Research Unit, gave an update on exotic bluetongue.
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Rift Valley Fever
At the Biosecurity: Our Regional & National Response symposium on Monday in Kansas City, Mo., Barbara Drolet, PhD, USDA, ARS, Arthropod-Borne Animal Diseases Research Unit provided an update on Rift Valley Fever (RVF).
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Ketosis in dairy cattle
The postpartum period is a critical stage of lactation for a high producing dairy cow. This period is characterized by drastic metabolic changes, immunosuppression, negative energy balance (NEB) and elevated levels of stress, which can lead to increased incidence of diseases and decreased animal efficiency. Ketosis is one metabolic disease, frequently observed in high producing herds. Ketosis usually occurs within a few days to a few weeks after calving.
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- K-State animal sciences faculty member honored
- Reducing stress at branding time
- USDA'S novel cell line identifies all FMD virus serotypes
- Bill would ease controlled substances law for veterinarians
- Cattle temperament, immunity and performance
- AVMA praises Senate bill to amend Controlled Substance Act
