When loads of stressed, high-risk calves arrive at the feedlot, it often makes economic sense to treat them all with antibiotics to prevent an almost-inevitable outbreak of bovine respiratory disease (BRD).
This year's winner, Zack Talbert, presented “A New ‘Twist’ to a Currently Failing Fumigation Room.” Talbert, a third-year veterinary student, discussed how current fumigation rooms are failing in effectiveness.
Cattle feeders first began using mass treatments for newly arrived calves back in the 1970s, as a means of controlling outbreaks of respiratory disease or “shipping fever.”
Numerous controlled and blinded trials have shown that in high-risk calves arriving at feedlots or stocker operations, mass treatment with an antibiotic significantly reduces BRD sick pulls and mortality.
There’s a surge in scams targeting ranchers, especially those who do business via websites and social media as con artists prefer the anonymity of electronic or even phone communications.
George Seidel probably needs a bigger display case. He’s accumulated a long list industry awards and academic honors, padded last week with Colorado State University’s 2019 Livestock Leader Award.
In the United States, tick-borne disease cases more than doubled, from 22,000 in 2004 to more than 48,000 in 2016, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
As a journalist and photographer working for the National Geographic for 35 years, Dennis Dimick has traveled the globe and witnessed the effects of the Anthropocene, which means The Human Age.
Texas Tech University broke ground on a new Vet School on Sept. 19. The historic moment is all in an effort to address the veterinarian shortage in rural America.
Prestigious awards were given to several bovine veterinarians at the American Association of Bovine Practitioners 2019 52nd Annual Conference in St. Louis, Mo.
