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I was pretty sure that no significant effects would be associated with a shot of Lutalyse or Estrumate (synthetic analogs of Prostaglandin F2-alpha) to a bull, but I was wrong... I found this: "Administration of PGF2α (2.5 mg) before semen collection has been shown to increase semen volume and...

When discussion threads like these pop up, I occasionally take advantage of them to discuss what is allowed, what is approved, what is 'extra-label', and what is prohibited. I see recommendations on here, all the time, of 'give this', or 'give that'... and in some cases, those are good...

Administering phenylbutazone(Bute) to a food-producing animal - even if it is a 'pet' - is not 'off-label' use, it is a prohibited practice. Your vet should know this, if they don't already. Have I used Bute in cattle, in the past? Yes. Do I do it now? No. Would I recommend it to a client...

Dexamethasone will abort late-term pregnancies; use is certainly indicated in this case. 10 day slaughter withdrawal. IV Banamine (approved route of administration) has an effective half-life of ~9 hrs...so no long- lasting effect. 10 day slaughter withdrawal if given IV, 60+ days, if given IM...

I&C is a long-season cowpea... 100 days or so to pod maturity. Can graze at 45-50 days, though. There are other varieties that'll mature pods a month earlier.

I'd want to rule out Mycoplasma wenyonii/Mycoplasma haemobos infection.

That will work for most that are just being ornery/obstinate - but if they are truly physically unable to get up - fracture, nerve damage, hypocalcemia, starvation, etc. ... it's just torture. But... I'd personally rather have a few moments of distress trying to get my breath than being hit...

IDK about grazing, but I&C are my favorite for eating. They're tiny, and shatter out if you let the pods get too dry before picking, but the flavor is great. It's one of the most vigorous vining varieties I've grown. Only Red Ripper outruns it, here.

Studies done 30 years ago with colostrum-deprived foals showed that more 'joint-ill' cases resulted from bacteria entering through the soft, rubbery soles of neonatal hooves than through the umbilicus. Researchers recommended dipping/spraying hooves as an aid in diminishing issues. After...

Amen to that. If you don't weigh them, you might look at them, and say, "They look good, I THINK they're gaining" After we got scales set up, I was amazed to see those calves - which were already accustomed to eating grain out of bunks, drinking from tanks, and eating hay - drop an average of...

First thing that comes to my mind is Mycoplasma bovis otitis media... which should have responded to Draxxin, or oxytet. But, if there were well-established abscesses, it may be that more than one round of Draxin or LA-200/300 may be required to clear infection. Just out of curiosity, how did...

Regardless of what folks want to think, it doesn't get hot or cold enough on this planet (other than in erupting volcanoes) to eliminate parasites. It's wishful thinking on folks' part. The macrocyclic lactones (ivermectin, doramectin, moxidectin) have been so widely used that Ostertagia...

Beating my dead horse. 1) Adult cows don't generally need deworming. 2) Adult cows don't generally need deworming. 3) Adult cows don't generally need deworming. 4) Deworming the entire herd - and potentially 'underdosing' a significant portion of them, as likely happens with blocks/cubes -...

You can't deworm your way out of a nutritional deficiency. Here we have a cow in the peak stage of lactation losing weight... and you don't have any idea about nutritional quality or digestibility of the hay you're feeding... it may not come anywhere close to providing those lactating cows with...

Wife used, for years, either the UofMN beef cow ration balancer or the OSU CowCulator. Both allow you to input details from hay/feed analysis, breed of cow, weight/frame, stage of pregnancy or lactation, BCS and how much BCS you're willing to lose over the feeding period, etc.. Takes a little...

Yeah... no. Below 7% CP, there's not enough N present to allow the rumen microherd to digest the hay. Yours is barely over that point. I'd be afraid that if that's all I were feeding, I'd have cows starving to death with a rumen full of barely digestible hay, necessitating them catabolizing...

Protein tubs are, perhaps, the most expensive protein supplement you can spend your money on... but they are 'easy' to feed. If you're not testing your hay, you have no idea what level of nutrition it's providing. If Crude Protein is less than 7%, there's not enough N available for the...

I grew up cutting the bottom of the scrotum off, pulling the testicles out until the cord broke. If little 'strings' were hanging, I wrapped them around my finger and pulled until they broke. When I was a 3rd year veterinary student, I found one of our own steers, which I had knife-cut 2...

It's been found in some TN counties west & south of me...not sure they've documented it in KY yet.

This one has come on the scene since I retired. I had seen T.buffeli infection in a couple of KY herds 20 years ago. In some parts of the world, a live vaccine of low-virulence T.orientalis has been used as a preventative for clinical disease due to Anaplasma marginale.