Category: Animal Health
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Update: HPAI in Dairy Cattle- Likely spread by wild birds, producers are cautioned to watch for HPAI in Cattle.
By Burt Rutherford Contributing Editor It began as a mystery disease in dairy cattle and has become, as of this writing, an emerging animal health
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Animal Health Issues- How to Handle Them
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor From antibiotics usage to high-tech disease monitoring, there are animal health-oriented products and services that can help cattle producers prevent
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Ruminant Animals Finally Get a Break
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor Imagine some red faces in the anti-beef crowd. After decades of steady vilification by doctors, nutritionists and environmentalists, ruminants are
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INNOVATIVE FEED ACT What’s That All About?
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor U.S. cattle producers are at a certain disadvantage compared to European stockmen. Why? We are unable to benefit from the
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Methane Digesters: Miracle Technology or Discriminatory Evil?
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor Farm methane digesters are most notably used on large dairies and confinement hog units. They are now becoming a more
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Breakthrough BRD Technology Reenters the Market
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor Those of us who handle cattle know the most redundant problem we face is bovine respiratory disease (BRD). In fact,
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MERCK’S DNA TRACEBACK- Using ‘Nature’s Barcode’ to Verify Exact Beef Origin
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor Fastidious food producers, retailers and consumers are becoming more demanding in knowing how and where their beef is produced. Using
Antibiotics Will Now Require a Veterinarian’s Prescription
By Burt Rutherford Contributing Editor This is an opportunity, says Dr. Justin Welsh, executive director of livestock technical services for Merck Animal Health. “Is this
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Bluetongue Virus: Annoyance or Tragedy?
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor Few health issues are as insidious and difficult to deal with as bluetongue virus (BTV). Many of our readership may
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Nebraska Ag in – and out of – the Classroom
by Micky Burch Officially named for the method of harvesting or “husking” corn by hand, Nebraska was dubbed the “The Cornhusker State” in 1945. You