Herd Health

• 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.

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.

Preparing for flooding and caring for your livestock after a flood.

Preparing for and treating heat stress.

By Alea Hoffman, Dale Moore, Jorge Vanegas, John R. Wenz The first step to remediation of dairy herd lameness is to determine if a problem exists or not. Ideally, all cows should be examined to find those that need attention or treatment. However, to get started with a herd, particularly a large one, getting a […]

By Alea C. Hoffman, Dale A. Moore, Jorge Vanegas, John R. Wenz Purpose This investigation tool is to provide a framework for evaluation and directed mitigation of lameness in dairies. Its focus is on free-stall and open-lot dairies in the West. The following further describes the investigation strategy and lists sources of more detailed information. […]