Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/
Body condition, or the amount of body fat an animal is carrying, is one management indicator that can be used to predict herd fertility and determine feeding programs. This factsheet is intended to make producers...
Source: Government of Saskatchewan
Fusarium Head Blight (FHB), also known as scab, is a fungal disease of small cereal grains including wheat, corn, barley, rye, oats, triticale, canary seed and some forage grasses.
Favourable Conditions for FHB
The disease overwinters in the...
Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Beef and dairy farmers around the world are looking for ways to reduce methane emissions from their herds to reduce greenhouse gas emissions – a global priority. To help meet this goal, researchers from Canada...
Source: Western College of Veterinary Medicine, Jose Perez-Casal
For 10,000 years, the bacterium Mycoplasma mycoides has infected goats, cows and other livestock, annihilating entire herds in days.
In sub-Saharan Africa, the disease, contagious bovine pleuropneumonia CBPP or “lung plague,” is still difficult...
Innovative science-driven system opens new doors to optimizing feed efficiency
A new research trial in central Alberta is shining the spotlight on a potentially revolutionary new system for optimizing feed efficiency in livestock.
The trial, at Pine Haven beef cattle operation,...
V-Max™ (Virginiamycin) medicated feed additive has received regulatory approval by the Veterinary Drugs Directorate (VDD), Health Canada for use in beef cattle. V-Max is approved for the reduction of incidence of liver abscesses in cattle fed in confinement, which...
Source: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Corn stover can provide a low cost feed source for mid-gestation beef cows. The energy in a cornfield is half in the grain and half in the stover or plant material....
Source: Beef Cattle Research Council, www.BeefResearch.ca
Corn grazing is becoming more popular across Canada because producers can grow more biomass on less land. If you are planning on grazing corn this winter, here are 5 tips to help you make the...
Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/
The nutritional quality of feeds and forage can have a tremendous influence on the reproductive performance of cattle. Although reproductive failure may occur for several reasons, management and the environment are often important contributing factors....
Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Fact Sheet written by: Ron Fleming - P. Eng.,Ridgetown College/University of Guelph; OMAFRA Staff
What Is Cryptosporidium?
Cryptosporidium (krip-toe-spor-id-ee-um) is a tiny parasite, a protozoa, which reproduces and causes disease in humans and animals. This parasite...
