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  • Mar. 10, 2011
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    Why Would You Test for BVD-PI Calves?

    Many cow-calf producers may ask why it’s necessary to test their herd for persistent infection (PI) of bovine viral diarrhea (BVD). After all, they reason, if a BVD PI calf is going to die anyway, won’t things take care of themselves?...More
  • Jun. 30, 2010
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    BVD And All That Comes With

    Beef cattle practice is slowing down across the upper Midwest and Great Plains....More
  • Apr. 1, 2009
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    Vaccination Reliability

    Relatively new resources for bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) control programs are within reach of nearly every cattle producer in the U.S. Successful and...More
  • Feb. 13, 2009
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    NAHMS Cow-Calf Survey Results Available

    Cattle production is largely a part-time business in the U.S., with almost 72% of cow-calf operations serving as...More
  • Jan. 1, 2009
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    BVD On The Run

    At a time when it seems the cattle industry is faced with more disease issues than ever, there is one disease we have on the run. Attention to bovine...More
  • Mar. 1, 2008
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    Immunity & Challenges

    BVDv (bovine viral diarrhea virus) often infects cows without signs that the virus is spreading in their body. The virus has the ability to pass through...More
  • Mar. 26, 2007
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    Vaccinate 30-45 days before breeding

    What’s one of the most common mistakes made with cowherd vaccination programs? It is administering vaccines for protection against reproductive diseases like...More
  • Mar. 19, 2007
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    Three tweaks for better herd health

    Improvement, they say, is accomplished by doing 100 things 1% better, rather than doing one thing 100% better...More
  • Mar. 16, 2007
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    Eliminating PI Animals Makes Economic Sense

    Montana cattle ranchers still have time to screen their herds for animals persistently infected (PI) with the bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) virus. And the managers of the Montana BVD-PI Herd Screening Project...More
  • Feb. 1, 2007
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    Dealing with PI calves

    Persistent infection (PI) of bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) has received a great deal of attention in recent years. BEEF has featured several articles on...More
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