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Repairing broken legs in calves

By Dr. Marcel McFarlane March 30, 2009

It can be truly disheartening when checking calves to find one with a broken leg. Preparation in advance for this possibility will improve your chances of saving the calf. Here are some steps to follow: Immediately remove the calf from its mother and other pen mates. Confine the calf to a small pen where it […] Read more

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Having a successful breeding season

By Dr. Bill Sanders March 30, 2009

Many little things go into a successful breeding season. One measure of success is the first cycle conception rate. It is the number of cows that conceive or settle during the first cycle. The average is 50 per cent. It doesn’t seem to matter whether it is natural service or AI or synchronized or timed […] Read more

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Don’t put off setting up a biosecurity plan

By Dr. Oliver Schunicht March 30, 2009

All of the publicity associated with foot and mouth disease (FMD) has emphasized the importance of biosecurity programs in disease prevention. In the context of a serious foreign animal disease, such as FMD, it goes without saying that the appropriate steps to minimize the risk of FMD virus entering Canada, and subsequently entering a livestock […] Read more

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Air quality and health

By Dr. Joyce Van Donkersgoed March 30, 2009

Medical doctors from regional health authorities in some agricultural regions have been raising concerns about odor and human health. They suggest that odor and dust from confined feeding operations (CFO) are responsible for increases in respiratory disease, including asthma and allergies, in communities that reside near these feeding operations. In fact, some local doctors have […] Read more

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Dealing with an abortion wreck

By Dr. Andy Acton March 30, 2009

It’s 6:30 on a February morning and you are lying awake, afraid to go outside. You’ve found three aborted fetuses in the past four days, and worry you may have a “wreck” on your hands. No one in the cow/calf business escapes without having some experience with abortions. Some basic knowledge of the major causes […] Read more

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Build Your Reputation With Buyers: Think Whole-Herd Vaccination

By Dr. Robert Bell March 9, 2009

Lower treatment rates and less chronic illness resulted in a death rate in whole herd vaccinated animals of only 0.4 per cent Minimize disease, optimize production and improve the bottom line. These are the all too familiar goals of cattle producers across Canada. When a disease like bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) strikes, it can severely […] Read more

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Cryptosporidiosis and giardiasis

By Dr. Joyce Van Donkersgoed February 22, 2009

Cryptosporidium and giardia are two protozoal parasites found in the intestinal tract of domestic and wild animals and humans. These protozoa are of concern to cattle producers because they can cause disease and lower production in cattle. Recently, these two parasites have also received a lot of media attention because they can cause gastrointestinal disease […] Read more

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Colostrum saves calves

By Dr. Tom Schmidt February 22, 2009

The transfer of antibodies from cow to calf protects young calves from infectious disease. Those antibodies help the calf ward off infection as it goes from the sheltered environment of the uterus to the outside world where it encounters many bacteria and viruses for the first time. There is no transfer of antibodies from mother […] Read more

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Protecting Canada’s herd is everybody’s business

By Dr. Gerald Hauer January 30, 2009

As the media reports the precautions taken by the European Union to prevent the spread of avian influenza, it seems like a good time to remind producers there are measures we can take to ensure Canada’s animals stay healthy. At the time of writing, authorities in the Netherlands had banned farmers from keeping poultry outside […] Read more

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Reasons for hair loss

By Dr. Ken Linde January 30, 2009

A Cattlemen subscriber recently wrote: We have had a calf born and after only two weeks he has lost 80 per cent of his hair, mostly along his spine and head and legs. It is very sad. None of the other cows or calves is suffering from this. Someone mentioned there is a rare allergy […] Read more

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Repairing broken legs in calves

Having a successful breeding season

Don’t put off setting up a biosecurity plan

Air quality and health

Dealing with an abortion wreck

Build Your Reputation With Buyers: Think Whole-Herd Vaccination

Cryptosporidiosis and giardiasis

Colostrum saves calves

Protecting Canada’s herd is everybody’s business

Reasons for hair loss

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