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If a vaccine isn’t preventing disease, perhaps the money would be better spent on adding real value to calves.

Can you diagnose cause of death for this feedlot heifer?

Dr. Seleem’s expertise, and the focus of his research, is on developing new antimicrobials and improving delivery of drugs for the treatment of infectious diseases that affect both animals and humans. 

Producer panels, presentations and breakout sessions will feature timely, care- and profit-enhancing topics, such as immunity, pain control, internasal vaccines, heifer development, calf nutrition and more.

CattleTrace is inviting all beef industry stakeholders to attend the first-ever CattleTrace Industry Symposium on November 22, 2019, in Manhattan, Kan.

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.

In treating internal parasites in cattle, efficacy less than 100% eventually leads to at least some drug resistance.

Expanded conditional approval has the potential to incentivize drug development and provide veterinarians with legally marketed new animal drugs.

Do you recognize the likely cause of death in this feedlot steer?

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.

What is the most memorable or important lesson, related to veterinary practice, you have learned so far this summer? 

You may think you’re feeding cattle, but research suggests the key is feeding cattle’s rumen microbes. New research is discovering how those microbes interact.

​​​​​​​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.

USDA is announcing the open period to apply for 2019 funding for the National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program and the National Animal Health Laboratory Network.

Do you recognize the likely cause of death in this feedlot steer?

Can you diagnose cause of death for this feedlot heifer?

Can you diagnose cause of death for this feedlot heifer?

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.

Here’s a recap of the most important animal-health related articles of 2019.

If a vaccine isn’t preventing disease, perhaps the money would be better spent on adding real value to calves.

The R&D incubator lab at Colorado State University brings livestock health research, jobs to Fort Collins.

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.

Can you diagnose cause of death for this feedlot heifer?

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.

A team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and university scientists is investigating a new “ingredient” for use in vaccinating cattle against Johne’s disease.

The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) has proposed a Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDV) control program, including designating BVDV as a reportable disease.

Identifying vulnerabilities to outbreaks of Ebola and Lassa fever is possible following new research from the University of Surrey and University of Cambridge.

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.

New data from the National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) provides a baseline for antibiotic trends in food animal during 2016, prior to implementation of key rule changes.

The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has finalized the Chronic Wasting Disease Herd Certification Program Standards that were originally published on March 29, 2018 for stakeholder feedback.

Researchers at the University of Queensland and Swansea University have demonstrated that environmental factors can play a role in host specificity and the risk of outbreaks in human populations.

Farmers, ranchers and veterinarians have long known that transportation can induce stress in cattle, and have adopted practices intended to minimize that stress.

A new Agricultural Research Service (ARS) study reveals, for the first time, how diet and bacteria may interact to prolong chronic diarrhea in monkeys.

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.

Can you diagnose cause of death for this feedlot heifer?

Boehringer Ingelheim is delighted to announce the 2019-2020 veterinary student scholarship programme.

In recent months, APHIS has revised the Animal Disease Traceability program standards for approving new tags entering the market.

The vaccine, tested in a mouse model, prolonged the time before infected animals developed symptoms by up to 60 per cent.

Within the bovine digestive tract, and across other organs and tissues, good and bad microbes continuously battle for supremacy.

The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing the availability of $1 million in cooperative agreement funding to support animal disease traceability (ADT) and electronic identification for cattle.

The bovine respiratory tract represents a new frontier for microbiome management.

A research grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for nearly $1.2 million is supporting work at Kansas State University toward combating a disease that affects cattle in the U.S. and globally.

These images show a yearling heifer that died at 19 days on feed after having been treated for signs of lameness two days prior to death.

Farm Service Agency permits emergency grazing on Conservation Reserve Program acres, opens sign-up for emergency conservation program.

Auburn University’s School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences is now offering a One Health online graduate certificate program for public health workers and educators.

Auburn University’s School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences is now offering a One Health online graduate certificate program for public health workers and educators.