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The transition period is considered one of the most challenging stages in the life of a dairy cow.

In February of last year, the FDIU group worked with a dairy that was experiencing an outbreak of winter dysentery in their lactating cattle

Sheep dermatophytosis (wool rot, lumpy wool, sheep ringworm) is commonly referred to as club lamb fungus. There has been an increase in prevalence over recent years due to the popularity of sheep exhibitions without a concurrent expansion of biosecurity protocols.

By CS McConnel, Veterinary Medicine Extension In January 2017 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the implementation of Guidance for Industry #213, a process that began in 2013 to transition antimicrobial drugs with importance in human medicine (medically important antimicrobials) that are used in the feed or drinking water of food-producing animals to veterinary […]

Dairy cow mortality levels in the United States have been increasing over time. This is both a financial concern and an important animal welfare issue.

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.

• 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.

• Title: Effects of a farm-specific fecal microbial transplant (FMT) product on clinical outcomes and fecal microbiome composition in preweaned dairy calves
• Title: Transcriptional changes detected in fecal RNA from neonatal dairy calves of different breeds following gastrointestinal disease of varying severity
• Title: Improving farm-level antimicrobial stewardship benchmarks by reporting antimicrobial use within the context of both the magnitude of disease pressure and the outcome of therapy
• Title: 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

By Dr. Ben Smith, WA Assistant State Veterinarian, Washington State Department of Agriculture

By Dr. Bruce Hutton, Washington State Department of Agriculture, Region 3 Field Veterinarian