WSU ag animal faculty research updates, spring 2024
Title: Host and rumen microbiome contributions to feed efficiency traits in Holstein cowsTitle: Comparative diagnoses of respiratory disease in preweaned dairy calves using sequential thoracic ultrasonography and clinical respiratory scoring
Winter dysentery
In February of last year, the FDIU group worked with a dairy that was experiencing an outbreak of winter dysentery in their lactating cattle
Revisiting pair and group housing
The 2020 American Dairy Science Association’s 4th edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Research and Teaching has generated a lot of discussion within the WSU Field Disease Investigation Unit.
WSU ag senior paper highlights, winter 2023
Title: The different castration techniques in beef calves.
Title: An overview of the risks and benefits of drinking unpasteurized cow’s milk.
Title: Comparison of progesterone based estrus synchronization protocols with differing GnRH and PGF2alpha injections in beef heifers.
WSU ag animal faculty research updates, winter 2023
Title: Effects of a farm-specific fecal microbial transplant (FMT) product on clinical outcomes and fecal microbiome composition in preweaned dairy calvesTitle: Transcriptional changes detected in fecal RNA from neonatal dairy calves of different breeds following gastrointestinal disease of varying severityTitle: Improving farm-level antimicrobial stewardship benchmarks by reporting antimicrobial use within the context of both the magnitude of disease pressure and the outcome of therapyTitle: Contrasting fecal methanogenic and bacterial profiles of organic dairy cows located in northwest Washington receiving either a mixed diet of pasture and TMR or solely TMR
DairyLifetime
A long life in good health is the obvious ideal for humans. A productive life in good health is the equivalent target for dairy cattle.
WSU ag senior paper highlights, fall 2023
Title: The relationship between Angus and Santa Gertrudis sired steer calves and Anabolic Implant Protocol relative to steer feeding behavior in the feedlot.Title: Rinderpest rights and wrongs: Disease control lessons for the small animal practitioner.Title: Common causes of abortion in beef cattle in the Southwest Region of the United States.Title: Assessing the relationship between pulmonary lobar consolidation and bacterial prevalence in the upper respiratory tract of Holstein dairy calves.