Rhonda Brooks

HPAI H5N1 is Content Focus of Special Issue Published by JDS Communications

HPAI H5N1 is Content Focus of Special Issue Published by JDS Communications

One of the questions veterinarians are helping cow-calf producers answer is whether it’s a better decision to raise their own calves or buy them.

Cowherd Reconstruction

The annual award, sponsored by Zoetis, recognizes outstanding achievements by a veterinarian in beef-cattle medicine.

Before you cut, evaluate whether the case you face is one you can correct outside the clinic with lasting success.

The technology, marketed as FerAppease in the U.S., can be used in beef and dairy animals. Economic analysis, depending on the production stage of use, offers an ROI of 20:1 to 30:1.

The CDC tested 150 practitioners last September. None of the three that had a positive serology result reported having experienced respiratory or influenza-like symptoms.

Much of the West, Southwest and upper Midwest could use more moisture. Beef and dairy producers and their veterinarians might want to do some contingency planning for what's shaping up to be a dry spring.

Losses range between $15 and $88 per head, conservatively, a result of reduced herd productivity, health and reproductive efficiency.