Last week’s AHD Bulletin – Animal Health Digest Bulletin, April 11, 2024. Link. Most read post(s) from the April 11th AHD Bulletin – Words are important. Link. Insects on farm animal menus. Link. … Continue Reading
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NAAVR launched to elevate and support veterinary client service pros
By AHD Staff Source: NAAVR, North American Association of Veterinary Receptionists
To support, empower and advocate for professionals who create exceptional veterinary client experiences, industry veterans Jill Clark, DVM, Debbie Boone, CVPM, and Rhonda Bell, CVPM, PCM, CDMP, seek to elevate the client … Continue Reading
Blain’s Farm and Fleet announces online system for direct ordering of prescriptions AHD Staff
By AHD Staff Source: Successful Farming
A new online product, AnimalRx, is a direct result of FDA Guidance for Industry No. 263 and offers access for livestock producers with a prescription. Source: Successful Farming, April, 15, 2024. Link. The website shares … Continue Reading
USDA approves Pradalex (pradofloxacin injection) solution for certain respiratory diseases in cattle and swine
By AHD Curators Source: Elanco US Inc, FDA
Pradalex (pradofloxacin injection) is a 3rd-generation fluoroquinolone ranked as a critically important antimicrobial. The labeling of the drug includes a statement that it should be used only after considering other, … Continue Reading
Halo collar named to Fast Company’s 2024 fastest-growing private companies
By AHD Staff Source: Pet Business
Halo is a wireless GPS dog safety system and wireless fence that keeps dogs protected everywhere they go. Fast Company's list of the World's Most Innovative Companies of 2024 shines a spotlight on businesses, like Halo … Continue Reading
Merck launches new activity monitoring technology, SENSEHUB Dairy Youngstock
By AHD Staff Source: Dairy Herd Management, Merck Animal Health
Merck announced the launch of its new activity monitoring system, SENSEHUB Dairy Youngstock <Link>, the industry’s first monitoring technology for dairy calves from birth through the first 12 months of life. The product … Continue Reading
NOMV seeking 2024 annual awards nominations
By AHD Curators Source: NOMV
Not One More Vet announced that nominations are now open for the NOMV Annual Awards. Nominations are due June 1, 2024. Several awards exist in the Individual Category and also the Group/Activities. Winners will be … Continue Reading
Majority of U.S. dairy cows live on big dairies
By AHD Curators Source: Farm Progress, Rabobank
The big dairies are getting bigger with 834 farms having more than 2,500 cows, an increase of 120 farms versus the 2017 census. The recently released 2022 census reveals there were 24,082 dairy operations with off-farm milk … Continue Reading
Marketing bulls as feeder calves rather than castrating costs producers
By Kirk Augustine Source: Drovers, Solvet
Kellie Curry Raper shares numbers that reflect an overall increase in the proportion of bulls coming through feeder calf sales. She shares data showing that not castrating bull calves costs producers as much as $56/head on … Continue Reading
Cull cows more valuable than ever
By AHD Curators Source: Successful Farming
Cull cow weight and cull cow price have always been keys to profitability for beef producers. Culls are often forgotten. Gene Johnston shares tips for getting more money for old cows. About 20% of the total revenue of a cow … Continue Reading
Comparison of beef calves in conventional or natural systems for backgrounding and finishing
By AHD Curators Source: Beef
A recent study in Applied Animal Science offers guidance for producers weighing how to manage beef calves and meet market demands. The results offer perspective on the trade-offs between backgrounding and finishing … Continue Reading
Top beef cow counties in the U.S.
Answering the question “Where’s the beef?” this list of counties with the most beef cows is also insightful when we consider the effects of drought. The list represents 20,687 producers with 2,253,482 cows, for an average … Continue Reading
USDA: Test for bird flu before interstate transport of cattle
By AHD Staff Source: Successful Farming
The USDA strongly recommends testing before cattle herds are moved between states, which should give more testing information and should mitigate further state-to-state spread between herds. Source: Successful Farming, … Continue Reading
The survivor species
By Rick Purnell Source: The Washington Post
The camels had thump-thumped for seven days across northern Kenya, ushered by police reservists, winding at last toward their destination: less a village than a dusty clearing in the scrub, a place where something big was … Continue Reading
Evaluating fecal microbiota transplant for treating diarrhea in adult horses
By Kirk Augustine Source: EquiManagement
Nancy S. Loving, DVM, shares the results of research that evaluated the efficacy of fecal microbiota transplants in equine enterocolitis cases. The technique involves feces collected from a healthy equine donor. After … Continue Reading