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The proposed initiative petition (no. 15-11) would create strict new regulations on farmers and place new restrictions on interstate commerce.

Merck Animal Health, in partnership with the Academy of Veterinary Consultants (AVC), recently honored Bill Swafford, D.V.M., AVC Executive Director, with the 2016 Outstanding Service Award.

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) have developed one of the first mouse models for the study of Zika virus.

Non-invasive device helps diagnose bovine respiratory disease.

Here's an odd holiday for you: April is "Records and Information Management Month." To that end, do you know how important proper record-keeping is on your farm or ranch? We can help with these handy assessments.

Pack, pack and pack, says Andy Skidmore, DVM, PhD, a technical services specialist with Lallemand.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking a new approach on the judicious use of medically important (to treat human illness) antibiotics in food-animal production. It involves voluntary cooperation by all s

The USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture will host several Webinars during May to update potential applicants for the Veterinary Services Grant program.

A new K-State publication provides vital information on plants that, if consumed, could harm cattle.

Becoming Beef Quality Assurance (BQA)-certified allows us to share our story and ensure consumers that we are responsibly raising a safe, wholesome, and healthy beef supply. The checkoff's BQA practices show us th

New technologies are available and are being developed to help the dairy industry improve the welfare of individual animals on dairy farms.

As long as antibiotic use continues in humans or animals, pathogens will develop resistance. But as public pressures to fight the emergence of antibiotic-resistant pathogens and preserve the efficacy of existing product

The first event of its kind for the organization to be held July 17-18.

The annual "Update for Veterinarians" program organized by Iowa State University's Iowa Beef Center features a full day of education and demonstrations focused on beef cattle.

GlobalVetLINK is hosting a free webinar titled, "Veterinary Feed Directives: Taking Action" on April 19 at 12 p.m. CDT.<p></p>This one-hour session is ideal for veterinarians, feed industry personnel and produ

In the wake of the devastation recently caused by the wildfires in Oklahoma and Kansas, Merck Animal Health has announced it will donate $10,000 to help support communities impacted by the fires.

The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) held a regularly scheduled Commission meeting on February 16, 2016, at its headquarters in Austin.

Jerry Torrison, DVM Ph.D, has been appointed as the new director of the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.

Corrie Brown, DVM, PhD, DACVP, Meigs Professor of Pathology in the College of Veterinary Medicine, has been named University Professor, an honor bestowed on faculty members who have made a significant impact on the Univ

The USDA's Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) regularly conducts major studies of livestock-production segments to track animal-health related trends and practices. During 2017, NAHMS will focus on the cow-ca

What can a scattering of dead pigeons mean for human health? Sometimes, a lot.

Early registration for the conference, scheduled for May 1 to 4 in Oak Brook, Ill., ends March 15.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) team has won a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Ventures Program Award to design a public health surv

Farm Foundation, NFP hosted 12 workshops across the nation last fall on the new policies and requirements of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration concerning the use of medically-important antimicrobial drugs in food an

Merial introduces the 2016 LONGRANGE® (eprinomectin) Challenge. Though cattle prices are trending downward, experts say 2016 will still offer good profitability for producers. To help maximize those profits and optim

The two universities will conduct beef cattle production medicine research and training to address feedyard health challenges.

Over the past two weeks, we've been running a series of questions and answers regarding the practice of feeding grain to cattle. The series developed after a college student, conducting research for a public-healt

The workshop, a collaboration of Farm Foundation, NFP, and USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS), will take place March 17 and 18 at the ERS offices in Washington, D.C.

Investigations into two human cases of Mycobacterium bovis infection resulting in tuberculosis (TB) in Nebraska indicate airborne transmission.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Deputy Commissioner for Foods and Veterinary Medicine Michael Taylor announced on March 8 that he is leaving the agency on June 1, 2016.

Student's questions reflect consumer concerns over beef production systems. Question #13: How can the typical American lessen the dependency on corn?

Members of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians held their annual meeting in New Orleans last week. Their dedication to continual improvement - for themselves as well as their clients - is an insp

From the March-April issue: Working day to day with family members in a veterinary practice brings challenges, and rich rewards.

The Institute for Infectious Animal Diseases (IIAD), a Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Center of Excellence, and the Texas Center for Applied Technology (TCAT), a research center within the Texas

Celebrate the madness this coming March with the second annual BOVAMINE Brackets Challenge from Nutrition Physiology Company.

Patterson Veterinary and Vetter Software have partnered to provide veterinarians with a seamless way to manage inventory in their clinics.

Cattle are being blamed for 59% of agriculture's greenhouse gas emissions, and now European scientists want consumers to eat less beef and dairy. In a recent paper, researchers from Chalmers University of Technology in

Student's questions reflect consumer concerns over beef production systems.

Bernadette Dunham, DVM, Ph.D., director of the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, announced today that she will leave the agency in April to participate in a One Health collab

Veterinarians and producers generally recognize that control of internal parasites is critical and cost-effective, particularly in calves and replacement heifers. In the mature cow herd, however, where the effects of pa

We've asked our readers to send us their "Tales from the field" to share on this site. The reader submitting the story with the most page views will win $50. Today's story comes from Gary A. Thra

Check out Cow Vet Cody Creelman's video blog where he is doing a post mortem for what he describes as a "mock c-section... kind of."

For fun and education, our "Name that condition" series challenges readers to identify unusual, or perhaps not so unusual, lesions, injuries or other signs of morbidity in cattle.

Cow vet Jon H. caught this gorgeous view in Friesburg, New Jersey during his last call of the day on Friday- who else has seen some beautiful skylines during their trips to the farms? We have to wonder though-- what doe

To celebrate the World Veterinary Day (WVD) that will take place globally on 30 April 2016, the World Veterinary Association (WVA) and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) are organizing the World Veterinary D

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate Agriculture Defense Branch has recently released a call for proposals related to the susceptibility of North American wildlife species to

Have you ever performed a C-section in a client's kitchen, chased an escaped bull through a shopping mall or treated a kid's pet rat in between preg-checking cows?

Vets and producers both lean on each other everyday for their work, as we were reminded by large animal vet Kelly Barratt (@kellybarrattdvm)from Heartland Veterinary Services in Ontario, Canada. How do you use teamwork

APHIS Chief Veterinary Officer John Clifford will become Chief Trade Advisor for Veterinary Services National Import Export Services staff beginning March 1st.

The FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) this week issued its fourth progress report outlining its actions promoting judicious use of antimicrobials in livestock.