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Search for simplicity when planning for calving season

Vet Advice with Dr. Ron Clarke

By Dr. Ron Clarke February 4, 2016

As Oliver Wendell Holmes said, “The chief work of civilization is making the means of living more complex.” In the cattle industry, striving for optimum production and managing change sparks a counter-impulse toward simplicity. Preparing for calving season is always a chance to look for simpler ways. A big part of getting to “simple” is […] Read more

Cow-Calf, Vet advice

Take ‘preg-checking’ beyond face value

By Dr. Ron Clarke December 31, 2015

It’s not just a matter of she is or isn’t pregnant. The ritual of fall pregnancy checking can and should be much more than a simple yes or no. Beef producers, with their veterinarian at the end of the chute, get feedback on potential calving dates, body condition scores, eye lesions, feet and udder problems, […] 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

Livestock, Vet advice

New trouble ahead with bovine leukemia virus? Part 1

By Dr. Ron Clarke November 17, 2015

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

Livestock, Vet advice

Understanding the value of vaccines

By Dr. Ron Clarke October 28, 2015

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

Livestock, Vet advice

Drought management for cattle producers

By Dr. Ron Clarke October 9, 2015

We moved through some of the wettest years in history to a drought situation for many cattle producers. For those caught in the drought cycle, care of the cow herd, costs, feed inventory and preservation of forage supplies were front and centre. For some, relief came with recent rains — too late for hay, but […] Read more

Features, Livestock, Vet advice

A new decision tree for veterinarians

The latest tool for fighting antibiotic resistance

By Roy Lewis Dvm October 2, 2015

Very recently the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association along with several partners came up with a Therapeutic Decision Cascade for Animal and Public Safety. This is a great tool for reminding all of us how to properly select drugs for any species we are treating. By considering that all we want is to look after the […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Vet advice

Marketing is walking the talk: Can the beef industry do it?

By Dr. Ron Clarke September 15, 2015

Beef sustainability is a catchword. It’s talked about in seminars, at producer meetings, and at major industry gatherings where planning and strategy essay a future for an industry that bounces between really good and really bad. Are we making headway, or just adding to public lectures because people either don’t understand what it takes to […] Read more

Livestock, Vet advice

We also used to hang horse thieves and rustlers once upon a time

Vet Advice: The practice of hot-iron branding and concerns for animal welfare

By Dr. Ron Clarke August 6, 2015

Expectation and foresight is integral to progress. Indifference to small matters today yields tomorrow’s issues, the need for hot-iron branding among them. Although progress in the cattle industry is slow, progress is constant — typically a case of hesitancy and caution unnerved by pressure brought to bear by those who buy the food we produce […] Read more

Livestock, Vet advice

Disease transmission in livestock is not uniform

By Dr. Ron Clarke May 27, 2015

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

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Search for simplicity when planning for calving season

Take ‘preg-checking’ beyond face value

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