Beef Magazine

Vaccination

Immunity & Challenges 

Mar 1, 2008 - By Clint Peck Contributing Editor

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 

Mar 1, 2008 - By Joe Roybal Editor

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...

Is More Really Better? 

Mar 1, 2008 - By Burt Rutherford Senior Editor

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,...

The brush was too broad 

Nov 1, 2007

As a full-time rancher, and one who works closely with my veterinarian and vaccine representative, I take issue with the comments by veterinarian John...

Risky Business 

Nov 1, 2007 - By Burt Rutherford Senior Editor

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...

Are You Vaccinating Calves Or Shooting Blanks? 

Sep 1, 2007 - By Burt Rutherford Senior Editor

Preconditioned cattle usually aren't, says John Peirce, and it doesn't take very long after they arrive at a feedyard to know exactly how much preconditioning...

Health Dollars & Sense 

Aug 1, 2007 - By Burt Rutherford Senior Editor

If you've written a check to your friendly local animal health supply house or looked at a closeout sheet on a set of high-risk calves, you know sickness...

Understanding What Vaccine Label Claims Mean 

Mar 1, 2007 - Dan Grooms, DVM, Michigan State University

Vaccines are an essential tool for aiding in the prevention and control of infectious diseases in cattle. There are more than 200 vaccines and vaccine combinations...

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