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Dairy calf respiratory disease

Respiratory disease is the second leading cause of mortality in dairy calves 0-6 months of age behind diarrhea and may account for at least half of all morbidity and mortality in young calves. The highest incidence of respiratory disease in young dairy calves usually occurs from birth to around 6 months...

Posted to Livestock Lines (Forum) by danneels on Thu, Jan 28 2010
LIVESTOCK farmers needed for my dissertation research

http://www.survsoft.com/esurv.php?s=27170&k=12181-0-37306 Hello and Merry Christmas Everyone, I hope you have a brilliant Christmas celebration and a fantastic new year :) I need more livestock farmers for my online questionnaire (see link on the top of this page) in order to pass my dissertation...

Posted to Livestock Lines (Forum) by animal welfare research on Sat, Dec 26 2009
Twin Calves

Hi, I am wondering if anybody out there, with all their experience could you please advise me; I took over my uncles farm 2 years ago with limited experience and have recently had my cows scanned only to find out that a young cow is having twins. I cannot remember my uncle ever having twins and I have...

Posted to Livestock Lines (Forum) by sawdoctors11@yahoo.co.uk on Mon, Oct 12 2009
STOP THE GOVERMENT FROM CLOSING THE BULL HIRE SCHEME

The state owned stud at knocknagael Inverness is to be closed down in the summer of 2009. For decades it has hired quality bulls to crofters in remote areas of the Highlands & Islands improving their stock and liveleyhoods. Please sign this petition to persuade the minister to reverse his decision...

Posted to Livestock Lines (Forum) by croftergirl on Fri, Nov 21 2008
Re: MRSA - much ado about nothing?

It would be a grave mistake to dismiss consumer and FSA / public health authority concerns about MRSA as being the result of a conspiracy by ???not sure who you are suggesting here - Universities??? Public & NHS concern about MRSA has been fuelled by the meteoric rise in MRSA-associated deaths from...

Posted to Livestock Lines (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Thu, Nov 13 2008
Re: MRSA risk to Farm Workers & Vets - too 'sterilised'?

It's an interesting point! Like everyone in farming, MRSA have to survive in a competitive environment. The reason they have evolved and are on the ascendent is due to their competitors being clobbered by antibiotics, leaving them most of the "environmental spoils" of nutrients and moisture...

Posted to Livestock Lines (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Thu, Nov 13 2008
Re: The short life of bottles of Antibiotic- An additional cost

After qualifying as a vet in 1971, I joined the late Mike Muirhead's practice in Yorkshire and found myself wrestling with this very dilemna, how long can you keep using a bottle of antibiotic or other medication, particularly if its expensive and you don't need to use it very often. I quickly...

Posted to Livestock Lines (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Tue, Sep 16 2008
Re: whats the best way to halter train cattle

Here's anouther video on Halter breaking, it refers mostly to show cattle but is good nonetheless http://www.24-7agtv.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_seyret&task=videodirectlink&Itemid=0&id=54

Posted to Livestock Lines (Forum) by johnbarn on Mon, Jun 23 2008
Re: whats the best way to halter train cattle

Some quick tips on training a range of animals to do simple tasks can be found in the online video here: www.pighealth.com/MEDIA/P/BOOKS/pet.htm Question that arises is what would you give a cow as a quick reward? Pigs will work for raisins and horses for mints, but what do cows go crazy for?

Posted to Livestock Lines (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Tue, Jun 17 2008

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