How We Feed Cattle That Leads to E coli 0157:H7 Shedding, Right? By Dale A. Moore Granted, there are different ways to raise cattle for beef. You’ve heard the terms “feedlot, natural, organic, grass-fed…” Each method of raising a beef animal has its rewards… and some folks have touted their way of raising beef as […]
Part 1. A Guide to Thinking about E coli 0157:H7 By Dale A. Moore January 2013 Since the Jack in the Box E coli outbreak in 1993 a lot of research and discussion about the bacterial cause, E. coli O157:H7, has filled the scientific literature and media. These fact sheets are to help sort the […]
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Lameness is important to the producer and the cow! Lameness is an important disease to the dairy industry that results in: Pain for the cow. Frustration for cow caretakers. Lower milk production. More forced culling. Lower reproductive efficiency. How does a dairy know it has a problem? Find the lame cows through locomotion scoring, and compare your prevalence […]
This collaborative project will be conducted by researchers at Cornell, Oregon State University, and Washington State University. This project will be looking at two primary items. One, dairy calf housing and how it affects antibiotic resistance, and two, dairy communication, who makes the decisions, who creates protocols, who does the work, who makes sure the […]
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.
African swine fever is a highly contagious viral pig disease. It can spread very quickly in pig populations through direct or indirect contact.
One of the main points of reproductive efficiency is correctly identifying cows in estrus.