This is quickly shaping up to be a year that all cattle producers, both big and small, won’t forget any time soon. As sale barns across the country begin to crush previous record highs in calf prices, the decision to keep or sell the 2023 calf crop will be weighing heavy on every producer’s mind.

Salmonella are very contagious and pathogenic bacteria that can cause high mortality and economic losses in cattle. Salmonella Dublin (S. Dublin) is a specific kind of salmonella, known as a serotype, that is host-adapted to bovine.

Salmonella is a highly infectious and contagious, gram-negative bacterium that can hide from a cow’s immune system by living inside other cells.

Successful dairies achieve consistent performance by implementing protocols that reduce variation within their operation. They do everything they can to limit the internal and external pressures cows face, while creating resilient animals that can withstand the pressures beyond their control.

The beef packing industry has made significant improvements and progress in the application of pathogen interventions in the processing plant since the 1993 Jack in the Box E. coli O157:H7 outbreak. Yet even with these tremendous efforts, beef recalls due to the pathogens E. coli O157:H7 and the other “Big 6” enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHECs) and salmonella still occur.