From finding labor and managing public perceptions about antibiotic usage to pushing technology growth, check out the issues weighing on the minds of large animal veterinarians.
Cargill Inc, a top U.S. meat processor, is trimming the use of antibiotics in its cattle supply amid concerns among some doctors and consumers about risks to humans from antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
This new "Name that condition" necropsy photo comes from Dr. Dee Griffin at the University of Nebraska's Great Plains Veterinary Education Center. If you believe you have a diagnosis, please send it to
Worldwide, about 23% of dairy cattle experience lameness issues, with three types of hoof lesions causing most of those problems, says University of Wisconsin veterinarian Nigel Cook.
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.
While predicting disease risk in a group of cattle is relatively reliable for experienced cattle feeders, predicting risk in individual animals presents a much greater challenge.