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Technology

Canadian company offers new tech to identify illness and minimize labour

This Calgary-based company wants to bring technology to the ranch that cuts labour and costs, while improving animal health

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Jack Behan combined his company, Alpha Phenomics, with HerdWhistle in 2023, for a clear reason. “When we put the businesses together, we only had one thing in mind, which was global domination,” he says. HerdWhistle was started in 2019 to monitor the feeding and drinking of an entire feedlot, 24/7. Using ultra high-frequency (UHF) and […] Read more
Surviving scours
Calving, Cow-Calf, Livestock, Scours

Surviving scours

Prevention is the best medicine, but when you’re in the middle of an outbreak, it’s all about getting through it

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Scours. It should be a four-lettered word, for all the misery it causes on cow-calf operations. Even with the best preventative practices, outbreaks can pop up in herds. And in the middle of an outbreak, the focus is on survival, for calves and humans alike. During an outbreak, producers are generally going to see a […] Read more
AUDIO: Managing resistant parasites in your cow herd
Parasites

AUDIO: Managing resistant parasites in your cow herd

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Research indicates that internal parasite resistance to some dewormers is likely widespread, but there’s no simple solution. There are, however, approaches that can work, and some that likely won’t. Dr. John Gilleard, professor of parasitology at the University of Calgary, busts some myths about resistant parasites, explains how they evolve to become resistant and what […] Read more
Confined calving spaces can lead to a spike in disease pressure and calf scours due to concentrated pathogens.
Scours

AUDIO: Dealing with a scours outbreak in cattle

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Scours is always an unwelcome guest during calving season, and one that can visit even the best-managed herds. In this interview, Dr. Claire Windeyer of the University of Calgary’s faculty of veterinary medicine, discusses how to manage an outbreak, protecting calves and people alike from this disease and how a bit of record keeping can […] Read more
A producer places syringe guns in a cooler to regulate the vaccine’s temperature.
Vaccine Management

AUDIO: Tips on vaccine placement in cattle

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Vacinnating and treating livestock is a given for any beef operation. In this interview, Erika Stewart, the VBP+ coordinator for Saskatchewan, shares tips for choosing an injection site, giving multiple injections to the same animal and maintaining your vaccine’s effectiveness. For more resources on beef cattle health, visit our Herd Health page.
Urolithiasis results in significant economic loss to the feedlot industry and stands as the fifth-most prevalent cause of feedlot deaths.
Herd Health, Livestock, Vet advice

Urolithiasis: a pasture and feedlot conundrum

Vet Advice with Dr. Ron Clarke

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Bladder stones, or obstructive urolithiasis, are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in male ruminants, especially steers. Uroliths form from protein and mineral components of the diet. Protein components may include cells produced during vitamin A deficiency, sutures, tissue debris, blood clots, excess protein or bacteria in the urine. Typically, stones develop in the […] Read more
AUDIO: Reproductive diseases in cattle
Reproductive Diseases

AUDIO: Reproductive diseases in cattle

This episode in the Herd Health series looks at how to prevent and manage reproductive diseases in your cattle herd.

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Reproductive diseases that cause abortions or leave cows open can take a big chunk out of your bottom line. It’s something Dr. Cheryl Waldner has spent a lot of time looking into. Waldner is chair of One Health and production-limiting diseases at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, and in this interview, she discusses everything […] Read more
Vet Advice: Vibriosis
Reproductive Diseases, Vet advice

Vet Advice: Vibriosis

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Vibriosis is an important venereal disease of cattle caused by the organism Campylobacter fetus. Some refer to the disease as campylobacteriosis. In sheep, it may be referred to as enzootic abortion, not associated with venereal transmission as much as ingestion of contaminated water and feed. Typically, the disease causes female infertility, with an increased number […] Read more
Producers vaccinating calves before weaning.
Marketing

The economics of preconditioning

Why aren’t more producers preconditioning calves? Kathy Larson dives into the research

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Does preconditioning your calves pay? It has been a long-studied and debated topic. When it comes to preconditioning cattle, “every operation is different,” says Kathy Larson, research associate for the department of agricultural and resource economics at the University of Saskatchewan. Larson says there is opportunity for profit in preconditioning every year but it’s variable. […] Read more

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