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New trouble ahead with bovine leukemia virus? Part 1

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The headline “Virus in cattle linked to human breast cancer” is chilling. For the first time, a research team at the University of California, Berkeley, established a link between infection with bovine leukemia virus (BLV) and human breast cancer. The study, published September 2015 in a respected, peer-reviewed journal PLOS ONE, will draw attention to […] Read more
preparing a livestock vaccine
Livestock, Vet advice

Understanding the value of vaccines

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Although vaccines have been used commercially for more than 70 years, the bulk of vaccines available on the market has not changed significantly. They are still mostly the products of either live or killed whole virus or bacterial culture. Research has yielded improvements to adjuvants (components that stimulate immunity), introduction of genetically engineered subunit and […] Read more
Adverse reactions to vaccines and drugs in cattle
Beef Cattle, Features

Adverse reactions to vaccines and drugs in cattle

Allergic reactions 
can range from hives 
to itching or swelling 
to systemic shock 
leading to fluid 
in the lungs and 
sudden death

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Occasionally cattle experience a reaction to vaccine or medication (injected, applied topically or given orally). An allergic reaction can be mild and local (swelling at the injection site after vaccination) or serious and fatal — if the animal goes into anaphylactic shock. Many of the things we administer are foreign to the animal’s body, and […] Read more
Anthrax detected in northern Alberta
Livestock, News

Anthrax detected in northern Alberta

Two cases confirmed from two separate beef cattle farms in the Fort Vermillion area

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Alberta Agriculture and Forestry has been notified of confirmed cases of anthrax in two separate beef cattle farms in the Fort Vermillion area. Given these findings and recently confirmed cases in Saskatchewan, producers are reminded to be on the look-out for anthrax. The recent hot, dry weather has led to conditions that are favourable for […] Read more
calves and cattle in a feedlot
Beef Cattle, Research

Do antimicrobial growth promoters for beef cattle really improve performance?

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Ionophores (Rumensin, Bovatec, Posistac) are not medically important because the ionophores approved for use in cattle are not used in human medicine. Other antimicrobials used in livestock are medically important. Concerns around antimicrobial resistance in both human and veterinary medicine have led to increased scrutiny regarding how medically important antimicrobials are used in livestock production. […] Read more
lab research person
Beef Cattle, Comment

Comment: Get ready for antimicrobial resistance

The feds have a plan, but there's no quick fixes to AMR

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AMR or antimicrobial resistance; the term certainly isn’t new, but it’s likely you will be hearing more about it now that Ottawa has released its Federal Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance and Use. Canada is also working toward endorsing a Global Action Plan by the World Health Assembly. In essence the federal government has started […] Read more
Vet advice

Taking stock of your vaccines

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For some, calving season has already started. Others find themselves on final approach to one of the busiest times of year: calving, preparation for breeding season and spring processing of calves and cows before going to pasture. This is an important time to plan herd health programs for the year, make final adjustments to nutrition […] Read more
Petri dishes filled with bacteria.
Vet advice

Microbes have emerged as the real predators

It's in the stars... antimicrobial resistance tops list of concerns for this century

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Friday, June 13 and a full moon. An astrological phenomenon made for witches and those rummaging for bad omens; an event not to be repeated until 2049 — a cycle of 35 years. It’s an interesting span of time that stirs the imagination of those, like myself, who spend most days wondering about the future. […] Read more
Cow feeding calf
Beef Cattle, Livestock

Start your calf vaccinations now!

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NDSU Extension Service – As calving winds down and calves are settled with their mammas, the inevitable day will come when the calves need to get a round of vaccinations. It is much like the old days when the school made the announcement that the county nurse was coming along with a bag full of […] Read more

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