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Immunostimulant Zelnate cleared for Canada

Animal Health: News Roundup from the September 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff September 20, 2016

Bayer HealthCare Animal Health’s Zelnate DNA Immunostimulant introduced in the U.S. last fall is now approved and available in Canada. It is the first of its kind among a new generation of products for cattle that kick-start the innate immune system when given at the time, or within 24 hours, of a disease challenge. According […] Read more

Dr. Edouard Timsit, University of Calgary faculty of veterinary medicine.

Beef Cattle, Bovine Respiratory Disease, Features, Livestock

Pneumonia: the disease that won’t go away

The three categories of pneumonia and how to tell them apart

By Debbie Furber September 16, 2016

Environment, germs and immunity are top of mind when thinking of all the risk factors that could set the stage for pneumonia in cattle. The forgotten factor is one beyond producers’ control and the reason why pneumonia will always be a problem — anatomy. Bovine lungs are very small relative to the animal’s oxygen requirements, […] Read more

Preconditioning has paid off  for Oliver Schunicht every year because the value of the weight gain on the calves has always been greater than his costs.

Cow-Calf, Features, Livestock

Pounds pay for preconditioning calves

By Debbie Furber September 13, 2016

Tradition is sometimes blamed for the apparent lack of interest in preconditioning calves up to now. For Oliver Schunicht, however, tradition is the very reason he continues to precondition calves on his farm near Strathmore, Alta. “I’ve always preconditioned because I’m gathering 500 calves from seven or eight pastures and I can’t pull them off […] Read more

Cow-Calf, News, News Roundup

Intranasal vaccination could protect young calves from BRD

News Roundup from the May 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff June 6, 2016

Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is a major animal health problem in feedlot cattle. Presently, BRD makes up about 65 to 80 per cent of feedlot diseases and 45 to 75 per cent of deaths in many lots. The financial toll of BRD on North America’s cattle industry is more than $1 billion per year. Previously, […] Read more

Features, Livestock

Storage and care of livestock vaccines

By Heather Smith Thomas April 4, 2016

We can’t always control how an animal responds to the vaccines we give (in terms of immune response, which can be affected by many factors including health issues and stress levels) but we do have complete control over how we handle and store the vaccines, to make sure they will be optimally potent. Russ Daly, […] Read more

There are right ways and wrong ways when it comes to cleaning syringes.

Features, Livestock

Proper care of syringes and needles

By Heather Smith Thomas January 22, 2016

Dr. Steve Hendrick of the Coaldale Veterinary Clinic, Coaldale, Alta., urges his clients to clean their syringes every time they are used. “For the syringes and pistol-grip syringe guns we use for administering killed virus vaccines, bacterins, toxoids or the products that give protection against bacterial pneumonia, we can clean with a mild dish detergent. […] Read more

Cow-Calf, Livestock

Get ready for calving

By Dr. Ron Clarke January 18, 2016

Another list you might say. Seems important things tendered as advice always come in a list; some is trivia, some make sense, others simply repeat what’s been said before. The following is a bit of all three, but needs to be offered as a reminder each calving season. Hang this one by the door and […] Read more

Beef Cattle, News Roundup

Cattle’s best bet against disease

News Roundup from the December 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff January 11, 2016

A new research project funded by Genome British Columbia (Genome BC), Genome Canada and other partners is using ‘reverse vaccinology’ to develop vaccines for Johne’s disease and bovine tuberculosis in cattle. These diseases result in annual losses of more than $86 million and $10 million, respectively, in Canada and billions annually worldwide. Led by the […] Read more

Features, Livestock

The AMR Dilemma: Part 2 – The impact

Finding the missing pieces to the puzzle of antimicrobial resistance

By Dr. Ron Clarke January 5, 2016

Although accurate statistics are difficult to tabulate, over two million people in North America become infected with bacteria resistant to antibiotics annually. At least 23,000 people die as a direct result of these infections. Virtually, all significant bacterial infections in the world are becoming resistant to the antibiotic treatment of choice. Health authorities in North […] Read more

Livestock, Vet advice

Enzootic Bovine Leukosis Part 2 — Control

By Dr. Ron Clarke December 14, 2015

Part 1 of this article on enzootic bovine leukosis (EBL) was about the troubling news that bovine leukosis virus (BLV) is transmissible to humans, and the revelation that the presence of BLV in human breast tissue is potentially associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. This article presents the basics about EBL control and […] Read more

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Immunostimulant Zelnate cleared for Canada

Pneumonia: the disease that won’t go away

Pounds pay for preconditioning calves

Intranasal vaccination could protect young calves from BRD

Storage and care of livestock vaccines

Proper care of syringes and needles

Get ready for calving

Cattle’s best bet against disease

The AMR Dilemma: Part 2 – The impact

Enzootic Bovine Leukosis Part 2 — Control

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