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Dr. Roy Golsteyn’s lab is studying buffalo bean for compounds that may help fight certain cancers. (Photo courtesy University of Lethbridge)
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Guenther: Buffalo bean more than floral for cancer researchers

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Buffalo beans adorn the pastures, field edges and even kitchen tables of many Prairie farms and ranches — but the pretty plant is now also being picked for its potential properties as a cancer fighter. Experiments show compounds extracted from buffalo bean leaves have potential to fight a class of cancers that includes multiple myeloma, […] Read more
a cow with Johne's disease
Livestock, Vet advice

Disease transmission in livestock is not uniform

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The unprecedented increase of emerging infectious diseases in wild and domestic animals and humans does not follow predictable patterns. Disease outbreaks like influenza H5N2 in birds — especially recent incursions of the virus affecting turkeys in Central Canada and Midwestern U.S.; human Ebola in West Africa; equine herpes virus (EHV1) in North America, and five […] Read more
Beef Cattle, Livestock

Study: Zilmax shows no harmful effect on cattle

Key findings released by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and USDA Agricultural Research Service

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University of Nebraska-Lincoln – The cattle feed additive Zilmax has no noticeable detrimental effect on cattle health or well-being, according to research by scientists from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service. The study was undertaken after Zilmax’s maker, Merck Animal Health, temporarily suspended sales of the additive last year when […] Read more
Beef Cattle, Livestock

Expect decreased production

Project reveals the devastation of Johne's disease to a herd

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Dr. Steve Hendrick of the Western College of Veterinary Medicine says the massive U.S. National Johne’s Disease Demonstration Herd Project has shown how devastating Johne’s can be to a herd. There was a considerable loss in adjusted weaning weight in calves coming from dams that were positive for Johne’s,” he says. Data for the 205-day […] Read more
Livestock

Study to portray state of cow-calf sector

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A team of researchers at the University of Saskatchewan and University of Calgary have received a $1.06-million grant from the Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) to conduct a five-year longitudinal study of the western Canadian cow-calf industry. The study aims to measure reproductive health, animal welfare, disease prevalence, antimicrobial use and other issues affecting Canada’s […] Read more

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