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Pretreated calves usually need a booster for mycoplasma once they arrive at a feedlot.
Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner, Columns

Lower stress, lower mycoplasma

Animal Health: The secondary respiratory and joint disease can be limited with prevention

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Feedlot owners and backgrounders across this country always have one question for me: “Is there anything new out there to combat mycoplasma?” While there are a couple of vaccines licensed for cattle, they do require multiple shots. Vaccines help, but focusing on decreasing stress and other diseases can limit mycoplasma infection. Mycoplasma comes in many […] Read more
The RFID tag should be put ideally a quarter of the way out from the head and in the middle.
Cattleman’s Corner

More cattle tags being retained

Animal Health: Tag makers continue to improve reliability of tags against harsh conditions

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The national livestock identification system has been around for a good while now, close to 25 years. Through the system’s growing pains, lots of lessons have been learned and the system is being fine-tuned. Producers are deriving more and more benefit from using farm management systems linked to readers linked to scales, all based on […] Read more
BRD is the most common reason for administering antimicrobial drugs to cattle and is probably one of the most important economic diseases of beef cattle in North America.
Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner

Microbiome research could help in respiratory disease diagnosis

BRD is more complex than just a single bacterial indicator

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The fall calf run will have finished up and calves will now be into feedlots. Many calves travel to feed yards via auction markets and one of the major disease risks associated with the stresses of weaning, mixing and transportation is the syndrome known as bovine respiratory disease (BRD). BRD is the most common reason […] Read more
Proper management of cull cows
Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Proper management of cull cows

Several factors to consider, including animal welfare and economics, when deciding whether to ship

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An important aspect of cattle production, often given low priority, is the care and marketing of our cull cows. It’s one of the areas in cattle production where producers need to be particularly aware of animal welfare issues that include decisions about not culling, shipping or putting down cull cows when it becomes necessary. We […] Read more
Christopher, was a passenger on the four-wheeler helping to check out the cows and calves on the heifer hill pasture.
Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Effective treatment for a case of diphtheria

Several projects during the month including bovine as well as human health concerns

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August 10 The weather continues hot and dry, with thick smoke most days from the big fire that just keeps growing north of town. By last Sunday it had grown to more than 70,000 acres and more than 1,000 firefighters were trying to control it, but it is still growing daily. August 20 Last Saturday […] Read more
Be prepared for a natural disaster
Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Be prepared for a natural disaster

Severe weather including lightning strikes, floods and fires appears to be becoming the norm

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With the increased frequency of storms comes more lightning strikes and more cattle being struck, and usually killed. Even though there is little that can be done to prevent such losses, there are still several things to discuss. Questions to be answered include diagnosing the actual cause of death, determining whether there is insurance coverage […] Read more
Research shows cows kept in proper condition in fall and early winter will have a much better chance of raising high producing calves the following year.
Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Cow nutrition now has huge impact on 2023 calves

Keeping animals properly fed this fall will lead to high-performing calves next year

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Many beef producers I’ve talked to over the years have improved cow nutrition after their cows are confirmed pregnant, but there still are the diehards that don’t believe they need much nutrition. That’s too bad, because sound research has proven that poor nutrition during the early/mid-gestation months can sharply reduce newborn calf survival and long-term […] Read more
Once a case of grass tetany presents itself, you will often have multiple cases quickly appear.
Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Magnesium key to prevent grass tetany

Animal Health: Chances are that if one animal goes down, others are soon to follow

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Over the last few years several herds in our area have been affected with grass tetany. These herds will often have multiples cases in short order. Once clinical signs occur and cattle go down chances of recovery are very poor so treatment-wise they are a true emergency. Early in the course of the disease treatment […] Read more
finished animals-Glen Nicoll 040115.28
Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Untreated pinkeye can be costly

Reduced weight gain on calves means fewer marketable pounds

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It’s a funny thing about walking among beef cattle — I tend to catch things that I wouldn’t otherwise see by staring at them from a truck. Take spotting cattle with pinkeye for instance. The other week, I was walking along with the feedlot manager after the feedbunk was filled. Most of the beef finishers […] Read more
Drought brings its own package of health risks for livestock
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

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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

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