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Parasite resistant genes will boost profits

Parasite resistant genes will boost profits

| December 12, 2018 | 0 Comments

Breeding for parasite resistant genetics will strengthen flocks and save time and money on-farm, according to a group of leading sheep breeders. Growing concerns from farmers around increasing levels of drench resistance, rising farming input costs, and issues getting farm labour have prompted the ten breeder so  form WormFEC. The breeders’ group brings together more than […]

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Polio-type disease often undiagnosed

Polio-type disease often undiagnosed

| December 9, 2018 | 0 Comments

Both calves and lambs can suffer from polioencephalomalacia and easily go undiagnosed and die as a result. The disease effects the brain and is basically a thiamin (B1) deficiency. Often an older lamb or calf will be found lying flat, head flung back, flinging its legs about but more-or-less stuck on its  side. Sometimes they will […]

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Befriending calves works well

Befriending calves works well

| May 5, 2016 | 0 Comments

Calves that are stroked by people early in their life gain weight more quickly than animals that are not stroked.

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Beware the droopy eyelid!

Beware the droopy eyelid!

| February 23, 2015 | 0 Comments

A new inherited disease that causes ptosis has been discovered in Finland.

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More production and more health problems

More production and more health problems

| December 2, 2012 | 0 Comments

As we push for more production and more dollars our animals seem to be more likely to suffer from a variety of diseases.

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Pneumonia can frustrate

Pneumonia can frustrate

| November 10, 2012 | 0 Comments

Unfortunately Pneumonia outbreaks are rarely simple, especially in a group of lambs. The actual
infecting agent could be one of a number of bacteria, a mycoplasma or a virus.

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Cattle like salt, too

Cattle like salt, too

| November 3, 2012 | 1 Comment

As a rule, mature beef cattle need one ounce or less of salt a day.

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Prozac for dogs, almost

Prozac for dogs, almost

| November 3, 2012 | 0 Comments

The makers of Prozac have adapted their product to lessen anxiety in dogs.

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Vaccine against Neospora a step closer

Vaccine against Neospora a step closer

| July 30, 2008 | 0 Comments

An effective vaccine against a parasite-borne disease called neosporosis may be a few steps closer to development, thanks to US scientists and cooperator.Neosporosis, caused by the parasite Neospora caninum, affects cattle worldwide. Infected animals often abort their calves and develop other debilitating complications that can cost producers millions of dollars every year. Animal scientist Wenbin […]

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Birth control shot shows potential

Birth control shot shows potential

| February 28, 2008 | 0 Comments

Colorado State University researchers are working to perfect two short-term birth control methods that may eventually be injected by dart into wild animals such as elk, providing options for managing wildlife overpopulation in protected areas across the country. Wildlife overpopulation plagues state and national parks across the nation and world, with overcrowding from bison, deer, […]

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