Animal health
Do you recognize the likely cause of death in this feedlot steer?
Do you recognize the likely cause of death in this feedlot steer?
Can you diagnose cause of death for this feedlot heifer?
These images depict a steer calf that had been on feed for 87 days, at which time it was found dead after a period of losing weight through the winter months.
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.
The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing the progress the agency is making to implement programs funded by the 2018 Farm Bill.
In research with potential implications for breeders and wild herds, scientists have detected the presence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) prions in semen and sexual tissues of prion-infected whitetail deer bucks.
MatMaCorp has translated genetic risk factors, ARRDC3 and NFIA, into a rapid and cost-effective test for BCHF, an untreatable, fatal condition prevalent in feedlot cattle in the Western Great Plains of North America
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has, so far, remained confined to deer and related cervids, but scientists increasingly urge action to protect public health.
New program will place Texas A&M researchers on the front lines of the nation’s food and livestock industry.
Behind the scenes, animal health officials are working on behalf of producers and the livestock industry.
CattleTrace is inviting all beef industry stakeholders to attend the first-ever CattleTrace Industry Symposium on November 22, 2019, in Manhattan, Kan.
In treating internal parasites in cattle, efficacy less than 100% eventually leads to at least some drug resistance.
Over the past 20 years or so, we’ve seen much of the U.S. cow herd shift toward black coats. Someday, perhaps the trend will become zebra stripes.
Expanded conditional approval has the potential to incentivize drug development and provide veterinarians with legally marketed new animal drugs.
What is the most memorable or important lesson, related to veterinary practice, you have learned so far this summer?
Using high-tech tools, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their cooperators have taken a deep dive into the microbial “soup” of the cow’s rumen.
Cutting-edge DNA technologies have discovered thousands of bugs in cows’ stomachs that could improve meat and dairy production, and keep cattle healthy.
The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing initial plans to carry out new animal health activities using resources provided by the 2018 Farm Bill.
Scientists using an experimental treatment have slowed the progression of scrapie, a degenerative central nervous disease caused by prions, in laboratory mice and greatly extended the rodents’ lives.
Zoetis targets livestock immunotherapies as alternatives to antibiotics.
Control measures for CWD have mostly evolved on a state-by-state basis, with the exception of some broader controls over movement of captive cervids.
BRD Symposium and AVC Conference provide a wealth of animal-health information.
In humans and all mammals, scientists have long known that mother’s milk provides optimum nutrition for early development and benefits in long-term health.
The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) has proposed a Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDV) control program, including designating BVDV as a reportable disease.
USDA has approved Titanium 5 L5 and Master Guard 10 vaccines.
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) launched an interactive website that provides livestock producers with important information.
Farmers, ranchers and veterinarians have long known that transportation can induce stress in cattle, and have adopted practices intended to minimize that stress.
In recent months, APHIS has revised the Animal Disease Traceability program standards for approving new tags entering the market.