Topic Of Beef Producers Meeting
(Continued * rom D 2) The problem of calf scours was
also addressed. “Get them out of
the bam if they’ve got scours,” he
advised. “Get them away from the
concentration of manure and into a
clean environment.”
Colostrum is important because
a calf is bom with no immunity.
“We hear a lot about AIDS
patients- a newborn calf is the
same way- it has no immunity,”
ly,” Dr. Drake advised. Do not use
IBR or BVD in pregnaqt animals.
Vaccines are not-tbe answer to
all herd health problems.
“Pasteurella is the bacteria that
kills every animal that dies of
pneumonia, and I don’t think the
vaccine for it is any good,” Drake
said. —■
Lepto and vibrio cause abor
tions in cattle. “You probably
won’t see these diseases unless
you are not watching youf biose
curity and you bring in an animal
that has it.” Lepto can occasionally
be brought into a herd by a deer.
Drake recommended getting a
paper that certifies that the animals
you are purchasing are free of
brucellosis, TB and any recogniz
able symptoms of disease.
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The best treatment for the sick
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Twenty-one days after the cow
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