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Vaccination
Injection Question
Anyone in the cattle business who hasn't gotten word of the recommended site to give a cow a shot must have been asleep for the past 20 years. So, once...
Timing is everything
Why do we vaccinate cattle? Of course, the reason is to attempt to prevent disease. However, if our timing is wrong, we can actually make the conditions...
Vaccination timing and stocker cattle
Delaying vaccination with a modified-live virus (MLV) product in newly received beef calves improves gain and immune response, University of Arkansas...
Emerging Clostridial Disease Targets Calves
Cattlemen considering a move to later calving may want to also consider taking a look at their cowherd vaccination program...
Is More Really Better?
The person who first uttered those famous words, if a little bit is good, a lot is better, probably didn't have a pistol-grip syringe in his hand. But,...
Immunity & Challenges
BVDv (bovine viral diarrhea virus) often infects cows without signs that the virus is spreading in their body. The virus has the ability to pass through...
Vets Weigh In On Calf Health
Veterinarian John Peirce created a stir among cow-calf readers of BEEF magazine last fall when he chastised the job cowmen were doing in the health preparation...
Risky Business
In the past, about the best any feedyard could do with lightweight, high-risk calves was to treat with an antibiotic, give them a good-luck pat on the...
From Our Columnists
Top 5 moves for getting out of the hay-feeding rut
Whether you're out feeding in the cold or just looking out your window at cows eating hay at a cost of $2/cow/day, it should be a wake-up call for all of us...
Buy/sell margins - part III
The feeder-cattle futures market is being whipsawed by corn futures prices. Corn futures prices were in the mid-to-high $3 range early in 2007...
Planning for successful breeding
What tasks need to be done to help assure a successful breeding season this year? Let’s start with the bulls. Nationally, about 10% of all bulls fail...
