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The search continues for TB and JD vaccines
Beef Cattle, Cow-Calf, Features

The search continues for TB and JD vaccines

Animal Health: Treatment for the elusive diseases grows closer

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We could be lucky and find our vaccine candidates for bovine tuberculosis and Johne’s disease within a month, or it could take a year and a half. We hope within a two-year window we will have candidates ready to test out in the field.” These encouraging words come from Dr. Andrew Potter, CEO at the […] Read more
Precondition calves regardless of weaning time
Cow-Calf, Livestock

Precondition calves regardless of weaning time

The well-prepared, preconditioned calf rewards the producer, the buyer and, most importantly, the calf

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Now is the time to start preparing calves for marketing with a sound preconditioning program developed in concert with your veterinarian. Drier weather may mean selling this year’s calves earlier, so preconditioning your calves sooner rather than later makes good sense. Do not wait and, out of frustration, call the trucker and just send the […] Read more
Facts about antimicrobial resistance
Beef Cattle, Cow-Calf, Livestock

Facts about antimicrobial resistance

While the industry is already doing a good job, there is ongoing room for improvement

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There have been volumes written on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the last several years. And it is important to remember just how good the Canadian cattle industry is doing in managing AMR and look to future changes veterinarians may make in their recommendations. For those of you craving more detailed information, there have been several […] Read more
Controlling liver flukes in beef cattle
Beef Cattle, Livestock, Parasites

Controlling liver flukes in beef cattle

Parasite often not identified until after an animal dies

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A couple of years ago, a beef producer from southeast corner of Manitoba showed me a test tube filled with water. It contained a worm that was about three inches long, one inch wide and flat enough to almost see through. He told me that it was a deer liver fluke that the vet had taken […] Read more
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Livestock, News, News Roundup

It’s that anthrax time of year

Animal Health: News Roundup from the June 2017 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Anthrax spores can lurk in soil for decades and there’s no telling where the disease will pop up from year to year. All it takes is something that brings spores to the surface and the stage is set for an outbreak in cattle that happen to ingest them. Predicting when anthrax will occur in Canada […] Read more
Dr. Tye Perrett, Feedlot Health Management Services.
Cow-Calf, Features, Livestock

Calves from vaccinated dams did better in the feedlot

Canadian study looked at protection from respiratory and viral diseases

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A uniquely Canadian study provides the first comprehensive look at feedlot health outcomes for calves from dams vaccinated before conception with Express FP. Dr. Tye Perrett, a managing partner with Feedlot Health Management Services, Okotoks, Alta., oversaw the project that reviewed Canadian feedlot records on 1.4 million calves born between 2007 and 2014 to compare […] Read more
Sign of systemic infection.
Cow-Calf, Features, Livestock, Scours

Early treatment vital to fight septicemia in young calves

Animal Health: Management is your best bet at preventing infection

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Newborn and young calves are often vulnerable to systemic infection if they fail to obtain adequate passive transfer of temporary immunity from the dam’s antibodies in the colostrum. Systemic infection results when bacteria or their toxins overwhelm the body’s defenses and spread throughout the body via the bloodstream. According to Claire Windeyer, an assistant professor […] Read more
New formulations change dewormer options for cattle producers
Beef Cattle, Livestock, Vet advice

New formulations change dewormer options for cattle producers

Vet Advice with Dr. Ron Clarke

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Over two decades, internal parasite control in cattle on western Canadian pastures moved from “not necessary” to “routine” for progressive cow-calf producers. While the presence of internal parasites in cattle is often inapparent, removing the economic burden they represent is now an integral component of health management in many herds. Reasons for the shift toward […] Read more
It pays to control the pain, according to the producers we contacted.
Beef Cattle, Features, Livestock

Facing up to pain in cattle

Meloxicam brings comfort to cattle and producers

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No ifs or buts about it, producers who used meloxicam to ease the discomfort of branding, castration and other routine procedures on young calves in the past plan to use it again this spring. Meloxicam is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) to reduce inflammation, pain and fever, and fortunately Canadians now have three long-acting meloxicam […] Read more

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