Veterinarians and researchers have argued the benefits and pitfalls of modified live and inactivated, or killed, vaccines for years. New research adds fuel to the fire....More

Trichomoniasis can be one of the most devastating reproductive diseases you’ll encounter. It can easily halve your calf crop and wreck your tightly controlled calving season. Unfortunately, there is no FDA-approved method to treat the disease. You can prevent it, however, with a combination of management practices that includes vaccination and biosecurity....More

With high input costs and tight profit margins, the last thing ranchers need is a wreck. Whether it is health related or the pounding of cattle prices, wrecks can rise to take the unwary and unprepared out at the knees....More

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s (APHIS) Wildlife Services (WS) program will conduct a second U.S. field trial of a vaccine to control rabies in raccoons, skunks, and other wildlife beginning this month. The expansion was approved after an environmental assessment process....More

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it is studying a federal judge's order that it consider withdrawing two popular antibiotics from use in livestock. In a ruling, U.S. Magistrate Judge Theodore Katz says that the FDA must issue notices to drug manufacturers that the drugs will be withdrawn unless the companies can prove they're safe. Katz didn't issue a full ban -- suggesting the manufacturers should be given a hearing to make their case....More