As you may be aware, High Pathologic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in dairy cattle has continued to spread outside of Texas. Currently, farms in Michigan, Idaho, Texas, Kansas, New Mexico, South Dakota, North Carolina and Ohio have had cows with confirmed positive HPAI tests. Armor Animal Health’s Professional Veterinarian staff are available to work with you […]
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API Testing Services – A valued added service for Bovine Practitioners
Great insight from our future bovine practitioners on their view of creating greater value for beef and dairy producers. Keep in mind, good diagnostics are central to offering the value services and health advice these future practitioners speak of. API can help with the lowest cost, highest service level and fastest turn around for many […]
Breeding bulls are important targets for testing of BLV virus
A very enlightening article regarding the presence of bovine leukosis virus or BLV. In short, testing breeding bulls and/or animals from which you intend to export genetics from… should be considered important targets to test for the presence of the BLV virus. API can help you quickly, efficiently and economically determine BLV status in these […]
Beef Quality Assurance —
What You Need to Know About BQA
Beef and dairy producers, along with their veterinarian partner and advisor, are undoubtedly aware of the need to become educated and knowledgeable about the BQA certification desires of the meat processing industry and even many food purveyors. In the end, quality and food safety continue to become more prominent in how we raise and manage […]
API is proud to announce we have joined DCHA effective October 2018
API is proud to announce we have joined Dairy Calf & Heifer Association DCHA effective October 2018 and we look forward with great anticipation to learning and contributing from the leading voices and minds driving the dairy calf heifer industry. API is an undisputed leader in servicing the diagnostic testing needs of the dairy calf […]
BLV Bulk Milk Test for PENNIES per head!
Bovine Luekemia Virus (BLV) is a pervasive and silent thief in dairy herds. The chances are high that your dairy herd is infected and negatively impacting the productivity and profitability of your operation. API offers, FOR AS LITTLE AS $45, a quick and cost effective bulk milk test to assist you and your veterinarian to detect, […]
Importance of BVD Testing for your Herd
A quick refresh and reminder on why beef and dairy producers and their veterinarian partners should be on the look out for potential BVD infections in their herds. Routine testing, of animals within herds and those brought in from outside the herd, is part of a holistic management program in conjunction with vaccination programs as […]
Issue of Wanted and Unwanted Pregnancies in Heifers
A very insightful article on the issue of pregnancy in your heifers. Some key considerations associated with the desire to have your heifers bred and calving at the most optimal time, but also the negative consequences of unwanted pregnancies associated with feeder calf heifers. The progress made through genetics has had an impact on both. […]
Veterinary experiences of a Johne’s disease control program
Animal Health Ireland (AHI) initiated a Dairy Control Program for three years. The program comprised herd screening, annual on-farm risk assessments conducted by an approved PVP leading to an agreed management plan and the future development of a framework to enable herd categorization which either (1) quantified the level of confidence that any given herd […]