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BVD (Bovine Viral Diarrhea)
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...
Persistently Infected Calves Cost
In a recent study of cattle herds in southern Oklahoma, nearly 17% of the ranches had at least one BVD persistently infected (PI) calf in the 2006 calf crop...
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...
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...
Biosecurity Is Essential In Keeping BVD Away
Montana BVD-PI Screening Project Creating Awareness
PI sorting pays big money
With the advent of practical, affordable diagnostic tests, producers have been able to start unraveling the immuno-suppressive impact that cattle persistently...
PI Calves Cost Both Ways
From Our Columnists
Top 5 moves for getting out of the hay-feeding rut
Whether you're out feeding in the cold or just looking out your window at cows eating hay at a cost of $2/cow/day, it should be a wake-up call for all of us...
Buy/sell margins - part III
The feeder-cattle futures market is being whipsawed by corn futures prices. Corn futures prices were in the mid-to-high $3 range early in 2007...
Planning for successful breeding
What tasks need to be done to help assure a successful breeding season this year? Let’s start with the bulls. Nationally, about 10% of all bulls fail...
