Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (“pinkeye”) has been a problem for cattle producers for more than 100 years. It is a highly contagious ocular disease that results in serious monetary losses for cattle producers.

The goal of any bovine respiratory disease (BRD) treatment plan is to reduce the number of cattle that go off feed and spend time in hospital pens.

As a seedstock producer and a cattle veterinarian, having a healthy and productive herd is a top priority for my herd and my clients’ herds. However, one of the most concerning diseases I am diagnosing more and more frequently in beef cattle is Johne’s disease.

Besides being a 12-letter word – and a hard one to spell at that – anaplasmosis is a disease the beef industry shouldn’t take lightly.

What is one thing everyone in the cattle industry works together to achieve? Disease prevention. By preventing disease, we help improve animal health and reduce antibiotic usage and consumer concerns as well as improve labor efficiencies.

As the fall season approaches, the daylight hours get shorter, the nights are cooler and, depending on the management system, cattlemen are gearing up for fall breeding or calving. Vaccination for respiratory and reproductive disease can help enhance breeding success and weaning of calves.