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Risk of tetanus in cattle increasing

Animal Health: Your best approach is to prevent it through vaccination

By Roy Lewis November 10, 2015

In the last several years tetanus has most definitely been increasing in incidence across Canada so it is important that producers know what to look for and understand measures to prevent this deadly disease. Tetanus is caused by the bacterium Clostridium Tetani that is the same family of organisms which causes blackleg. This spore-producing bacteria […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Putting thought into changing vaccine lines

Animal Health: With a bit of planning, it is possible to switch from one manufacturer to another

By Roy Lewis September 22, 2015

There are many difficult decisions to be made when changing the brand or manufacturer of a vaccine line. The real comparisons can be made when you know what specific diseases you need to vaccinate for in your herd, whether to use a modified live, killed, or combined program and rate the effectiveness of your original […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner, Cow-Calf

Drought brings its own package of health risks for livestock

Pests, toxic plants and disease can all thrive under dry conditions

By Roy Lewis August 6, 2015

With the current lack of runoff moisture and few spring rains across much of Western Canada, certain disease conditions may become more prevalent. It will pay to be extra vigilant this year when checking your herds. We commonly see more blackleg and all the other clostridial diseases in dry conditions. With shorter grass, cattle and […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner

Phosphorus can be too much of a good thing

The Dairy Corner: Following recommendations can save $3,700 a year in feed costs for a 100-head dairy herd

By Peter Vitti May 9, 2014

Maybe it started when an infertile cow was seen licking and then eating dirt in a field? Eating dirt was often associated with a phosphorus deficiency in cattle and somewhere along the line, phosphorus became associated as “a health and breeder mineral.” Consequently, feeding phosphorus to dairy cows, over and above their essential phosphorus requirement […] Read more

Daily Network News

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Tag Archives animal health

Risk of tetanus in cattle increasing

Putting thought into changing vaccine lines

Drought brings its own package of health risks for livestock

Phosphorus can be too much of a good thing

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