Cattle

  1. BIOSECURITY: Better Your Herd Health

    BIOSECURITY: Better Your Herd Health
    The practice of biosecurity has never been more on people’s radar than it is today. With the pandemic of Coronavirus looming across the globe, the world has been put into a constant mode of biosecurity, isolation and quarantine. But the practice of biosecurity is not a foreign concept to livestock producers. Livestock operations are continually threatened with disease pressures for...
  2. Importance of the Hospital Pen

    Importance of the Hospital Pen
    As much as we try and prevent disease in our cattle, there is always a percentage of them that will get sick. This current COVID-19 outbreak that we are facing, got me thinking of how important the hospital pen is for our sick animals. Some of the diseases that we see are communicable and can affect a larger portion of...
  3. What Does Covid 19 Mean to Your Operation?

    What Does Covid 19 Mean to Your Operation?
    We are living in interesting times... Volatile futures markets, stock market swings up and down, shelter in place orders. What does this mean for your operation? 1) Keep yourself and your employees healthy. Your farm cannot be run without people and you and your current staff will operate it most efficiently. Do what you can to keep them healthy. Limit...
  4. Clinical Pink Eye

    Clinical Pink Eye
    Summer time is that time of year again when we start to see pinkeye also known as infectious keratoconjunctivitis (IBK).  Pinkeye is primarily caused by Moraxella Bovis which is a gram negative bacteria.  There are several different serogroups of M. bovis along with different strains in each of the serogroups.   Moraxella Bovoculi is another bacteria that can be found with...
  5. Flies: The Perpetual Menace

    Flies: The Perpetual Menace
    Flies have long been the nemesis of cattle and their producers across the country.  Without proper interventions to try and decrease their prevalence amongst herds, flies will continue to persist and create huge annual economic losses to both the dairy and beef industries.  Flies reduce grazing/feeding time, increase defense behaviors like stomping, heading swinging, tail swishing, and skin twitching, cause...
  6. Dairy Farms Prepare for the Long Haul

    Dairy Farms Prepare for the Long Haul
    Uncertain feed costs and long term down market pressure continue to be the greatest headwinds facing the dairy industry. We have seen smaller less profitable farms leave the industry. Economic pressure has been constant for the past year with little upward moves in the milk price, cull price and replacement heifer price. What can you do as a dairy manager...
  7. Transition Diseases

    Transition Diseases
    By: Larry Goelz, DVM We often use the incidence of transition diseases as an indicator of the overall health of the dairy.  Rates of fresh-cow mastitis, lameness, metritis, displaced abomasum, ketosis and milk fever are specifically good indicators of cow health and nutrition in the pre-freshening pen.  Quite simply, a cow needs to have correct nutrition, a comfortable space to...
  8. These Farms Don't Want to be Average

    These Farms Don't Want to be Average
    This year’s 11th annual Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) award winners prove that constant improvement is a must. One of our clients, KC Dairy was awarded the Silver Award. KC Dairy operates in Elkton, South Dakota with 1700 cows. KC Dairy was recognized for being in the top 20 farms in the U.S. and six other countries for their stellar...
  9. Getting Calves Off to a Great Start

    Getting Calves Off to a Great Start
    By: Brett Kroeze, DVM Calving time can be the most fun and stressful time of the year. It is fun to see new life coming into the world and seeing what our breeding programs have produced. It can also be stressful as there are a lot of things that can go wrong. Long working hours caring for all the new...
  10. PIPESTONE Welcomes Orange City Vet Clinic

    PIPESTONE Welcomes Orange City Vet Clinic
    In 1984, a “shingle” was hung and Orange City Veterinary Clinic on the west edge of Orange City opened.  In 1997, Orange City Veterinary Clinic and Pipestone Veterinary Services began what has become a 20-year plus relationship of collaboration and joint ventures.  Several sow units were established and coordinated with joint management, which provided opportunities to our swine clients that...

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