Summer 2023: Secure beef supply plan success
If you would like help developing a SBS plan this coming summer, Washington State University – College of Veterinary Medicine and WSDA are ready to help you get started!
WSU College of Veterinary Medicine senior paper highlights, April 2024
Johne’s Disease in Cattle: A Review of Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Control and Management from a Herd-Health StandpointReview of Growth Implants in the Cattle IndustryA Raw Take on Raw Milk Consumption: Review of the Risks and BenefitsSelenium Toxicity and its Effects on ReproductionHow large animal veterinarians can provide value in an increasingly self-sufficient industry: Hobby FarmingInvestigating the Association of Clinical Mastitis Timing Relative to Service with Pregnancy at First Service in Dairy CattleSmall ruminant producers: veterinary access, antibiotic usage, and telehealthWelfare Implications of Farrowing Crates in Swine Production
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
Winterizing your animals
By Dr. Ben Smith, WA Assistant State Veterinarian, Washington State Department of Agriculture
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.
WSU College of Veterinary Medicine senior paper highlights
Title: Regenerative agriculture: A veterinary guide to integrative control of GI parasites in pastured Livestock.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.Title: Differential gene expression in peripheral leukocytes of pre-weaned Holstein heifer calves with respiratory disease.Title: Comparative diagnoses of respiratory disease in preweaned dairy calves using sequential thoracic ultrasonography and clinical respiratory scoring.
