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Trace mineral and vitamin nutrition during gestation may play an important role

By Debbie Furber January 18, 2010

Calves born with a condition commonly known as weak calf syndrome often die within minutes after birth, while others live for a few days. They are generally depressed and often unable to stand, walk or nurse without assistance. Caring for these calves takes a lot of time and work, yet the effort is seldom successful. […] Read more

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Salmonellosis

By Dr. Ron Clarke January 18, 2010

Salmonella infections are a serious cause of diarrhea in young calves. Salmonella can cause disease in cattle at all ages and are a health threat to humans and other species of animals that come into contact with cows or calves shedding organisms. Transmission occurs primarily through fecal contamination and can include everyday calving-season tools like […] Read more

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How To Do A Neonatal Calf Assessment

By Jeff Grognet January 18, 2010

EARLY SIGNS OF DISEASE IN CALVES 1. Fever (over 39.5or 103F). 2. Slow or reduced milk intake. 3. Watery and/or bloody diarrhea. 4. Cough, nasal discharge, or heavy breathing. 5. Umbilical or joint swelling, head tilt. 6. Weakness, inability, or reluctance to rise. 7. Lameness. Average mortality in beef calves between birth and weaning runs […] Read more

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More often than not the cure is time and patience

By Heather Smith Thomas January 18, 2010

The final stage of labour is shedding of placental membranes. The cow continues to have uterine contractions (often accompanied by abdominal straining for a few hours after calving) until the membranes come loose and emerge through the birth canal. The stretched uterus begins shrinking as soon as the calf is delivered, and uterine contractions may […] Read more

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If the udder is broken down cull them, otherwise dry-cow therapy is a viable option

By Roy Lewis Dvm January 18, 2010

Good selection for udder and teat conformation goes a long ways to preventing mastitis problems down the line Even though we think of mastitis as more of a dairy disease producers still need to be vigilant about it in their beef herds. With higher milk production and cows being retained in our herds longer both […] Read more

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It happens, but when it happens in spurts of five or six at a time, ask your vet to investigate

By Roy Lewis Dvm January 18, 2010

Abortion can be one of the greatest sources of loss to the cow-calf and purebred beef producer from fall onwards. There are a great number of causes for abortion. Unfortunately some 25 to 50 per cent of these causes go undiagnosed. This article outlines the most common causes of abortion in beef cattle and discusses […] Read more

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NOBODY WANTS A BROKEN NEEDLE

January 4, 2010

Broken needle fragments are fortunately rare, but they are reported every couple of years and cause considerable concern to the next customers in the food chain. Nobody wants to sell a beef product with a broken needle in it, much less bite into one, so here are some practices that wiil help you remain aware […] Read more

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2009 CATTLEMEN INDEX

January 4, 2010

— ANIMAL HEALTH — Mycotoxins in livestock feeds…………………………………………………… Jan…………. 30 Express vaccines on the traceability database…………………………….. Feb…………. 46 New vet on-call online service launched in Ontario……………………..Mar………….. 8 Think whole-herd vaccination……………………………………………………Mar………… 34 Researchers develop new BSE test for live animals………………………Mar………… 42 Reproductive prolapses in cattle………………………………………………..Apr…………. 27 Don’t forget to vaccinate bulls for BVD…………………………………….. May………… 14 Selecting […] Read more

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This veterinarian doesn’t think so

January 4, 2010

Let’s put greater pressure on financial organizations and community pastures to take away the branding requirement With the mandatory implementation of RFID tags for the National Identification System it seems only a matter of time before branding is phased out. From an animal welfare standpoint it certainly should be removed from the list of procedures […] Read more

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What’s New With Bse?

January 4, 2010

BSE went from obscurity to crisis because humans from all walks of life refused to believe something bad was happening Six years have elapsed since that fateful day in May 2003 when a downer cow at a small abattoir in Northern Alberta started a chain of events that eventually tipped the North American beef industry […] Read more

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Trace mineral and vitamin nutrition during gestation may play an important role

Salmonellosis

How To Do A Neonatal Calf Assessment

More often than not the cure is time and patience

If the udder is broken down cull them, otherwise dry-cow therapy is a viable option

It happens, but when it happens in spurts of five or six at a time, ask your vet to investigate

NOBODY WANTS A BROKEN NEEDLE

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This veterinarian doesn’t think so

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