Source: Merck Animal Health news release
Merck Animal Health, known as MSD Animal Health outside the United States and Canada, a division of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA (NYSE:MRK), today announced the release of SenseHub Feedlot, an...
Source: Canadian Cattlemen's Association
The success of a feedlot is greatly dependent on the health of the cattle. One of the keys to keeping the animals healthy is to control disease in the feedlot. This begins with the purchase of...
Source: Beef Cattle Research Council
Key Points
Vaccines train the animal’s immune system to recognize disease-causing viruses, bacteria, and parasites (infectious pathogens) so that it can respond quickly when the animal is exposed to the real thing. Vaccines need to...
Source: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Introduction
Based on fluctuations in commodity pricing, wheat may become attractive in ruminant diets, replacing a portion of corn and barley in rations.
Traditionally, the milling of wheat produces flour for human use...
Source: Science Direct
F.S.Baier*, T.Grandin, T.E.EnglePAS, S.L.Archibeque, J.J.WagnerPAS, L.N.Edwards-Callaway
Department of Animal Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523
ABSTRACT
Objective
Production diseases, such as liver abscesses, can affect cattle performance; however, the well-being implications are not well understood. The purpose of this...
Source: Canadian Beef Grading Agency
One development in the Canadian Grading System was implementation of the computer vision grading system e+v Technology (VIA technology: VBS 2000, E+V GmbH, Germany). The system’s original LED cameras have since been updated with digital...
Source: National Farm Animal Care Council, Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Beef Cattle Section 3.3.3
Nutritional disorders associated with high energy feeding include acidosis (grain overload), liver abscesses, and laminitis. In most cases, acidosis is the...
Source: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Background
Lack of pasture and hay production in many parts of Ontario this summer has resulted in tight hay supplies for winter. However, there are other options for feeding cattle. This article...
Source: Canadian Cattlemen's Assocation
The cattle cycle is propelled by a free market profit cycle that begins with consumer preference for beef. In a free market economy, stronger beef demand leads to stronger fed cattle demand; this leads to stronger...
Source: Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives
Growth promoting implants have been available for many years in several forms. The two major classes of implants registered for use in Canada consist of either estrogenic compounds (estradiol benzoate, estradiol 17B, zeranol)...
