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BVD

BVD: Bovine Viral Diarrhea

Bovine Virual Diarrhea (BVD) virus is perhaps the single most important infectious disease agent in the beef industry. Horizontal infection from one animal to a pregnant female can lead to vertical transmission of the BVD virus to her fetus during pregnancy. Fetal infection can lead to embryonic death, birth defects and stunting. Or, an infected newborn calf, though appearing normal, can be persistently infected with the virus throughout its life, shedding high amounts of the virus to its herdmates.

BVD Articles

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 believe...

Going After BVD

The stage is set to put the bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) virus on the run. Armed with a fresh arsenal of scientific information, a developing picture of...

Unscrambling The BVD Riddle

Bovine viral diarrhea (BVD). We know it's there and we know it's costing cattle feeders a ton of money. While numerous studies have looked into BVD, the consensus is that previous research has provided the industry with only partial insight into this complex disease. To get a better handle on the disease, feeders need to know more about its prevalence and cost impacts — especially in regard to BVD persistent infection (PI) ...

Getting Serious About BVD

The cost and risk of bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) was enough for Mead Farms to take unprecedented action. Earlier this year, Missouri's third-largest seedstock operation tested all its bulls for BVD prior to offering them for sale...

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 the subject in the past year. And more and more feedyards, stockers and cow-calf producers are testing for PI...

Finding PIs

Health management programs are popping up around the country to investigate the role of screening cattle for persistent infection (PI) of the bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) virus...

BVD Resources on the Web

The Nature of BVD in Cattle

Highlights from the conference on the nature of BVD. Hosted by The School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California Davis....

Montana State University

Montana cattle ranchers flock to BVD-screening project
A new project that's investigating the role of screening Montana cattle for persistent infection of bovine viral diarrhea is starting out by exceeding all expectations...

Battling BVD

It should be no secret that in cow country bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) reduces productivity and increases death loss in all types and classes of cattle. But, controlling BVD is no small task...