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New vaccines, long-acting antimicrobials and effective treatment protocols have largely eliminated illness and deaths resulting from acute bovine respiratory disease (pneumonia) caused by the bacteria, Mannheimia hemolytica. It was generally known as shipping fever because, at first, it was associated with transporting cattle and young cattle shortly after arrival at the feedlot. Today, feedlot operators […] Read more

Past research has shown a link between the bacteria, Mycoplasma bovis, and a condition of feedlot cattle known as chronic pneumonia and polyarthritis syndrome (CPPS). In some animals, an M. bovis infection progresses to CPPS, yet other animals respond to early treatment. Still others seem to be able to clear the bacteria on their own. […] Read more

Johne’s disease (JD) is a condition of ruminant animals that has warranted a brief mention in most practical animal health manuals since it was first described in Germany by Heinrich Johne more than a century ago. Most beef producers skimmed right past it with the idea that it is more a disease of dairy cows […] Read more