Herd Health and Management
Herd Health and Management
Castration
Castration slide show
Jan 29, 2007, 12:19pm
Herd Health and Management
Researchers Discover that Sheep Need Retroviruses for Reproduction
A team of scientists from Texas A&M University and The University of Glasgow Veterinary School in Scotland has discovered that naturally occurring endogenous retroviruses are required for pregnancy in sheep.
Sep 12, 2006, 6:04pm
Herd Health and Management
Basic Immunology,
We often are faced with many options to help control disease. Adequate nutrition, sanitation, isolation and treatment of sick animals are often means that help control or minimize disease, and should be considered critical to health care management. Some diseases are reduced further by vaccination. In the next few paragraphs we will take a look at the components in the little plastic bottle and how they work to prevent disease.
Sep 29, 2003, 8:58am
Herd Health and Management
Vaccination Principles
Vaccination principles for sheep.
Sep 29, 2003, 8:45am
Herd Health and Management
Get the Most Out of Your Fans
Use these ideas to help you get the most out of your fans and to provide effective cooling in your barns.
Aug 2, 2003, 3:16pm
Herd Health and Management
Genome Sequencing Completed for Major Dairy Cattle Microbe
U.S. Department of Agriculture and University of
Minnesota scientists have sequenced the genome of the bacterium that causes Johne's disease.
Nov 21, 2002, 11:04am
Herd Health and Management
Easy, Inexpensive Test Detects Tuberculosis in Livestock/ Wildlife
The breakthrough--a new blood-based assay for detecting the disease in animals--is important because it is applicable for most if not all species of mammals and requires only a single blood sample. That means animals are handled just once.
Nov 21, 2002, 11:01am
Herd Health and Management
Paratuberculosis (Johne's Disease) in Sheep and Goats
While many features of infection caused by M. paratuberculosis are similar across ruminant species, the clinical presentation, and the availability, performance, and interpretation of diagnostic tests differs between cattle and other ruminants such as sheep, goats, and farmed deer.
Nov 5, 2002, 11:28am
Herd Health and Management
Ovine and caprine abortive processes
Abortions: It is difficult to firmly establish the cause of abortive processes. In general, it is estimated that only 30-40% of all abortions referred to the laboratory are successfully diagnosed.
Nov 5, 2002, 10:05am
Herd Health and Management
Market Goat Health Record
Download a health record form here.
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Oct 29, 2002, 8:04am
Herd Health and Management
Feeding , Managing and Housing Dairy Goats
Sound feeding practices and good housing facilities result in optimum growth and high milk production and contribute to the good health and comfort of dairy goats.
Oct 28, 2002, 11:16am
Herd Health and Management
Herd Health Programs
Herd health management programs attempt to organize all information applicable to goat herd health into a simple, usable, and easily remembered format
Oct 28, 2002, 9:46am
Herd Health and Management
Herd Health Management
Herd Health management and preventive medicine programs are designed to minimize potential adverse effects of predictable constraints and to protect against unexpected ones.
Oct 28, 2002, 9:43am
Herd Health and Management
DIAGNOSIS AND PATHOLOGY OF SOME DISEASES OF RUMINANTS
Overview of many diseases of ruminants.
Oct 27, 2002, 11:34pm
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