Articles Tagged with ''legacy''

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Five tips for newborn calf resuscitation

October 21, 2011
Karen Lee
During a wet lab at PDPW’s Calf Care workshop this week in Arlington, Wisconsin, Dr. Sheila McGuirk from the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine demonstrated a variety of ways to provide proper care to young calves. Stillborn calf rates can be as high as 12 to 18 percent on dairy farms. One way to avoid early calf death is to know the signs to watch for just after birth and be able to act in a timely manner.
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NMPF and USDEC welcome lifting of Mexican retaliation tariffs

October 21, 2011
The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) hailed the full and complete lifting of retaliatory tariffs by Mexico in the cross-border trucking dispute. This action came after the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) implemented a pilot program to allow a selected number of Mexican carriers to operate on the U.S. side of the border under strict safety standards.
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Japan looking to lift limits on U.S. beef

October 20, 2011
Japan is preparing to ease restrictions on U.S. beef imports as concerns about mad cow disease receded and domestic cattle production fell after the nation’s worst nuclear disaster since World War II.
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Get your veterinarian on board

October 20, 2011
“In the cattle production system, your cattle are only as good as your weakest link – genetics, health, management, feedstuffs – all those things. We do everything we can with preventative medicine so that we don’t have to treat calves,” says Jim Lerwick of Lerwick Brothers, LCC. “Health management may not be quite as important as genetic management, but it’s really, really close.”
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BVD is real...and expensive

October 20, 2011
Three producers share how they've focused on biosecurity practices to control BVD virus in their herds. BVD virus is a real threat to cow-calf operations - it's not just something that happens on other ranches. That was the message conveyed by three producers who shared their experiences in combating BVD (bovine viral diarrhea) virus during the U.S. BVDV Symposium held this past January in Phoenix, AZ.
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Wisconsin state vet eases TB tests for Minnesota cattle

October 20, 2011
Cattle brought from Minnesota to Wisconsin no longer have to be tested for bovine tuberculosis. The requirement for TB testing dates back to 2005, when state animal-health authorities discovered an infected beef herd in northwestern Minnesota.
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