With most of the calves on the ground and bulls ready to go to work, this month’s Herd Mentality presents an article recently published in the April edition of Beef Magazine (page 24) that emphasizes the risk of having even one BVDv-PI animal in the herd and the importance of BVDv-PI testing. To read the […]
Ideas for Addressing BVD in Your Dairy Herd
By Tom Shelton, M.S., D.V.M., Merck Animal Health, and Michael Coe, D.V.M., Ph.D., Animal Profiling International, for Progressive Dairyman Editor’s note: This article is the final article of a three-part series. Strategies to protect your investment Chronic immunosuppressive diseases have a significant economic impact on many areas of a dairy. In the case of persistently […]
Preg Testing Your Sheep and Goats
As a part of our continuous efforts to improve customer experience and product quality, we are pleased to inform you of some new claims for our EARLY PREG28 (blood preg test) and EASYPREG (milk preg test) pregnancy testing services. New Claims for Bovine Pregnancy Test – Effective Immediately You can now use both EARLY PREG28 […]
Screening, Removing BVD-PI Cows Pays Big
By Tom Shelton, M.S., D.V.M., Merck Animal Health, and Michael Coe, D.V.M., Ph.D., Animal Profiling International, for Progressive Dairyman Implementing biosecurity measures on a dairy requires time and money, but the cost of diseases, in terms of treatment, lost production and animal well-being, also impose significant costs. There is certainly a price to pay when […]
Eliminate BVD from Your Herd
By Tom Shelton, M.S., D.V.M., Merck Animal Health and Michael Coe, DVM, PhD, Animal Profiling International, for Progressive Dairyman Bulk Milk Tank Samples: A Useful Tool To Monitor BVD Incidence The dairy industry continues to change as the numbers of farms are decreasing and the numbers of cows per farm are increasing. Introducing new animals […]
Why You Should Care About BLV in Your Dairy Herd
What you need to know about BLV Bovine Leukosis is an immunosuppressive disease that has not received much attention over the last several years in the United States. In fact, unless you have been involved in exporting cattle overseas and have an understanding of the measures that many countries are taking to keep it out […]
Bigger Dairies = Bigger BVD Risks!!
The dairy industry continues to change as the numbers of farms are decreasing and the number of cows per farm is increasing. This climate has created an increased risk for BVD persistently infected (PI) animals to enter the herd, resulting in poor reproduction, health and performance. Individual sampling of all lactating animals is perceived by […]
Higher Selling Prices and Increased Profits for BVD-PI Negative Calves
Reduce expensive health costs and realize greater returns on investments Animal Profiling International’s message to livestock owners regarding BVD has remained the same since our beginning nearly a decade ago: diagnostic testing enables you to reduce expensive health costs and realize greater returns on your investments. Recently, information has been published supporting our understanding of […]
BVD Impact on Morbidity, Mortality and Performance of Feedlot Cattle
The negative impact that BVDv-PI animals can have on their pen-mates The January edition of the Journal of American Veterinary Medical Association included the article, “Effect of constant exposure to cattle persistently infected with bovine viral diarrhea virus on morbidity and mortality rates and performance of feedlot cattle,” JAVMA, Vol. 244, No. 2, January 15, […]