Beef

Brucellosis has evolved from being a domestic cattle disease to a wildlife disease that only persists in bison and elk in the Greater Yellowstone Area (GYA) in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho.

Per the FDA, the successful implementation of GFI #263 is an encouraging demonstration of the commitment of animal drug sponsors and veterinarians to support the judicious use of antimicrobials in animals.

By Dr. Dana R Dobbs, Field Veterinarian and Marissa Nelson, Animal Health Technician
Washington State Department of Agriculture

• Title: Regenerative Agriculture: A veterinary guide to integrative control of GI parasites in pastured livestock.
• Title: Lop, lop, snip, snip, sizzle. That’s gotta hurt! How are we doing managing pain in cattle.
• Title: Common diseases in backyard flocks: Laying hens.
• Differential gene expression in peripheral leukocytes of pre-weaned Holstein heifer calves with respiratory disease.
• Title: Regulatory involvement throughout highly pathogenic Avian Influenza outbreak.
• Title: Comparative diagnoses of respiratory disease in preweaned dairy calves using sequential thoracic ultrasonography and clinical respiratory scoring.

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is a progressive neurological disease of cattle caused by prions, which are infectious agents made up of protein material.

• Title: Utility of postmortem bacterial culture of abdominal organs at autopsy of young calves.
• Title: Characterization of rumen microbiome and metabolome from oro-esophageal tubing and rumen cannula in Holstein dairy cows.

By Dr. Minden L. Buswell, Reserve Veterinary Corps Coordinator, Washington State Department of Agriculture

The Reserve Veterinary Corps is a body of volunteers willing to help WSDA respond to a crisis affecting animals in our state.

By Dr. Gary Haldorson, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory

Authored by: D Moore and E Field The cow‐calf producer doesn’t just sell calves. They are the first link in the chain of supplying beef to the consumer. What is sometimes forgotten is that what happens on the ranch doesn’t stay on the ranch but can continue through to the feedlot or slaughterhouse and onto […]