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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

Livestock, Vet advice

Fly control methods for spring grazing cattle

By Dr. Ron Clarke April 29, 2015

An important component of planning for spring grazing is fly control. What products to use, steps to monitor fly populations and timing of treatments are elements contributing to the control of pests that cost the North American industry nearly a billion dollars every year. Flies of economic importance on western Canadian range are horn flies […] Read more

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Taking stock of your vaccines

By Dr. Ron Clarke March 19, 2015

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

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Antimicrobial resistance tug of war stands in the way of progress

By Dr. Ron Clarke February 24, 2015

The tug of war between government’s discounted ability to mount a meaningful defence against antimicrobial resistance (AMR), recent accusations that pull the ethical and professional conduct of food animal veterinarians offside, and the reality that we may be losing the battle against antibacterial resistance hinders the progress toward resolution. Three recent events highlight the tug […] Read more

Features, Vet advice

Some advice on when and how to resuscitate calves

By Roy Lewis Dvm February 4, 2015

Both dairy and beef producers have their own views on the best way to stimulate a weak calf that doesn’t want to breathe. Based on my experience of what works, and what doesn’t, the procedures worth doing do not require a lot of expense but saving one extra calf these days converts into significant dollars […] Read more

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Vectors and emerging disease: a growing dilemma

By Dr. Ron Clarke January 27, 2015

Vectors — mosquitoes, ticks, midges, flies — have always been a major reason for the spread of disease among animals and people. Their importance has been magnified in recent years, confounded by things like new pathogens, climate change, global travel, antibiotic and pesticide resistance and the decline of public sector investment in disease surveillance. The […] Read more

BVD vaccination strategies and common-sense biosecurity are critical to any efforts to eradicate BVDV.

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BVDV eradication still a North American pipe dream

By Dr. Ron Clarke December 31, 2014

On October 13 the scientific community clustered in Kansas City, Missouri, to tackle what has become a tired veterinary euphemism: “Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus Eradication: Reality or Myth?” Infections with bovine virus diarrhea virus (BVDV) are widespread throughout the world. Although the prevalence varies among surveys, BVDV infection is endemic in many populations, with a […] Read more

Cow-Calf, Vet advice

Back to basics with BRD

Despite advancements in knowledge and technology associated with BRD there has been no significant reduction in its incidence

By Dr. Ron Clarke December 4, 2014

Complacency is always an enemy. And nowhere in the beef business does complacency sit more steely and imperfectly than when managing calves as they move from pasture to market. With 2014 witnessing weaned calves topping $1,800, production shortcuts will abound in the rush to get them sold. Producers will be tempted to sidestep good management […] Read more

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Out of the ebola virus tragedy, are there lessons to be learned?

The West African outbreak should be a wake-up call for the livestock industry

By Dr. Ron Clarke November 26, 2014

Global health authorities watch with uncertainty as the human ebolavirus tragedy in West Africa unfolds. First recognized in the summer and fall of 1976, the ongoing Zaire ebolavirus outbreak is the largest since its discovery — nearly 9,300 cases and over 4,500 deaths. It continues to spread through the Democratic Republic of the Congo (or […] Read more

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

Disease transmission in livestock is not uniform

Fly control methods for spring grazing cattle

Taking stock of your vaccines

Antimicrobial resistance tug of war stands in the way of progress

Some advice on when and how to resuscitate calves

Vectors and emerging disease: a growing dilemma

BVDV eradication still a North American pipe dream

Back to basics with BRD

Out of the ebola virus tragedy, are there lessons to be learned?

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