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Jan. 27, 2011

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Video: Vista® Vaccine Line Reintroduced

Rick Sibbel, director of Beef Cattle Technical Services at Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health discusses the re-launch of the Vista® vaccine line....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
Mar. 1, 2009

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Spoiled Potential

Those cattle pharmaceuticals you stick in the ice box, just like the label says, may still be compromised or rendered useless if you're not monitoring...More
Nov. 1, 2008

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Timing is everything

Why do we vaccinate cattle? Of course, the reason is to attempt to prevent disease. However, if our timing is wrong, we can actually make the conditions...More
Nov. 1, 2008

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Injection Question

Anyone in the cattle business who hasn't gotten word of the recommended site to give a cow a shot must have been asleep for the past 20 years. So, once...More
Sep. 1, 2008

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Vaccination timing and stocker cattle

Delaying vaccination with a modified-live virus (MLV) product in newly received beef calves improves gain and immune response, University of Arkansas...More
Aug. 25, 2008

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Emerging Clostridial Disease Targets Calves

Cattlemen considering a move to later calving may want to also consider taking a look at their cowherd vaccination program...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. 1, 2008

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Vets Weigh In On Calf Health

Veterinarian John Peirce created a stir among cow-calf readers of BEEF magazine last fall when he chastised the job cowmen were doing in the health preparation...More
Mar. 1, 2008

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Is More Really Better?

The person who first uttered those famous words, if a little bit is good, a lot is better, probably didn't have a pistol-grip syringe in his hand. But,...More
Nov. 1, 2007

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Risky Business

In the past, about the best any feedyard could do with lightweight, high-risk calves was to treat with an antibiotic, give them a good-luck pat on the...More
Nov. 1, 2007

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The brush was too broad

As a full-time rancher, and one who works closely with my veterinarian and vaccine representative, I take issue with the comments by veterinarian John...More
Sep. 1, 2007

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Are You Vaccinating Calves Or Shooting Blanks?

Preconditioned cattle usually aren't, says John Peirce, and it doesn't take very long after they arrive at a feedyard to know exactly how much preconditioning...More
Aug. 1, 2007

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Health Dollars & Sense

If you've written a check to your friendly local animal health supply house or looked at a closeout sheet on a set of high-risk calves, you know sickness...More
Mar. 1, 2007

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Understanding What Vaccine Label Claims Mean

Vaccines are an essential tool for aiding in the prevention and control of infectious diseases in cattle. There are more than 200 vaccines and vaccine combinations...More
Jan. 14, 2007

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Protect Against Frozen Vaccines Stored In Refrigerators

Chances are, when you purchased a new refrigerator for the house, you moved the old one to the barn. Problem is, in addition to being worn out, these old units can be very inefficient compared to modern refrigerators. They freeze items placed near the ......More
Jan. 1, 2007

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Frozen Vaccines

Chances are, when you purchased a new refrigerator for the house, you moved the old one to the barn. Problem is, in addition to being worn out, these...More
Apr. 1, 2006

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Right Disease Wrong Vaccine

When your vaccination program holds a particular disease at bay, it's safe to say the vaccine provided adequate resistance relative to the disease challenge...More

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