Researchers have successfully identified prions in samples from live animals, shortly after exposure, according to a release from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
Mass treatments can save stressed calves arriving at stocker or feeding operations, but a more targeted approach could reduce antibiotic use while improving outcomes.
This week, the FDA announced the Plant and Animal Biotechnology Innovation Action Plan to outline the key priorities the agency will pursue to support innovation in plant and animal biotechnology.
Sheila M. McGuirk, DVM, PhD and Simon F. Peek, BVSc, MRCVS, PhD, at the University of Wisconsin, provide a description of the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) procedure in calves.
A single picture can’t always tell the whole story, but photos often can aid in identifying unusual, or perhaps not so unusual, lesions, injuries or other signs of morbidity in cattle.
