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Veterinarians have questions and Dr. Mike Apley offered answers, during a recent webinar, for two he commonly receives.

The products contain alkalizing agents to help calves manage acidosis during diarrhea, along with water-soluble B-vitamins lost during dehydration.

This is an excerpt from Dr. Linda Rhodes' memoir. She is in the process of gathering oral histories from other women who were also pioneers in large animal medicine. Read on for more information.

A rural veterinarian in Faribault County, Minn., is offering to give away his practice, clinic, pickup and even the vet clinic cat, in an effort to recruit his replacement.

Early pregnancy testing helps producers make important management decisions related to nutrition programs and marketing plans, as well as evaluating the reproductive efficiency of the cow herd.

As a service to bovine veterinarians, Dr. Dee Griffin has shared a summary of six practical steps he uses to perform a field necropsy and evaluate the results. He also shares some valuable tips on tools to use.

The desire to treat a food animal’s pain coupled with the various legal and human-health considerations can create a tricky path for veterinarians to navigate.

When calving in early spring with lush pastures we can find mature cows that are in otherwise good condition with unusual behaviors, unsteady gait or inability to rise—early signs of both grass tetany and milk fever.

Better understanding of the relationships between body condition scores and rebreeding efficiency of beef cattle has added a powerful management tool to the cattleman’s arsenal.

Construction of the School of Veterinary Medicine is on time and progressing as planned, according to Billy Breedlove, vice chancellor of Facilities Planning and Construction at the Texas Tech University System.

The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution introduced by Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) designating January as “National One Health Awareness Month.”

Parasites are becoming increasingly resistant to drugs that were generally effective against them in the past.

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.

Animal drug compounding can provide tailored treatments for patients or conditions not easily addressed with FDA-approved drugs, but the practice also entails some risks.

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?

Can you diagnose cause of death for this feedlot heifer?

Can you diagnose cause of death for this feedlot heifer?

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?

In its continuing commitment to increase transparency, the FDA’ Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) announced this week the availability of data from over 30 years of adverse event reports related to animal drugs and devices used in animals.

Veterinarians have a unique opportunity to gain practical, usable information and solutions to every day challenges at the second annual Vet Leader One Day event, June 22, 2018, in Great Bend, Kan.

Veterinarians have a unique opportunity to gain practical, usable information and solutions to every day challenges at the second annual Vet Leader One Day event, June 22, 2018, in Great Bend, Kan.

In an effort to protect the health and welfare of its members, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has launched two new mental wellness initiatives.

The USDA has issued Thermo Fisher Scientific a Veterinary Biological Product License for its Applied Biosystems VetMAX-Gold MAP Detection Kit, a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based solution designed to detec

USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's (APHIS) National Veterinary Accreditation Program (NVAP) is announcing the availability of a new training, Module 29 Veterinary Feed Directive.

Texas A&M AgriLife recently received a substantial monetary boost to bolster its aggressive fight to stem the spread of vector-borne diseases for the public good, said Dr. David Ragsdale, Texas A&M University entomology

Winter storm Goliath left a wave of dead and stray beef cattle in its wake as the blizzard pushed across the Panhandle region of Texas last week.

Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. partnered with Texas Animal Health Commission to educate and train veterinarians on trichomoniasis.

New "Bench to Shop" program at Texas A&M accepting applications.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week announced the selection of Steven M. Solomon, DVM, as the new leader of the agency's Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM).

A Distinguished Professor at Iowa State University veterinary college has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine for decades of work studying infectious diseases, the academy announced on Monday.

The model animal welfare curriculum the AVMA has designed as a resource for veterinary colleges will soon be scheduled for publication in JAVMA.

A new K-State publication provides vital information on plants that, if consumed, could harm cattle.

The annual "Update for Veterinarians" program organized by Iowa State University's Iowa Beef Center features a full day of education and demonstrations focused on beef cattle.

Merial introduces the 2016 LONGRANGE® (eprinomectin) Challenge. Though cattle prices are trending downward, experts say 2016 will still offer good profitability for producers. To help maximize those profits and optim

Investigations into two human cases of Mycobacterium bovis infection resulting in tuberculosis (TB) in Nebraska indicate airborne transmission.

The Institute for Infectious Animal Diseases (IIAD), a Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Center of Excellence, and the Texas Center for Applied Technology (TCAT), a research center within the Texas

Celebrate the madness this coming March with the second annual BOVAMINE Brackets Challenge from Nutrition Physiology Company.

Check out Cow Vet Cody Creelman's video blog where he is doing a post mortem for what he describes as a "mock c-section... kind of."

Formed by the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the U.S. Stakeholder Forum on Antimicrobial Resistance (SFAR) now lists over 100 health-related organizations that have joined the partnership. Those groups include