Herd Health

Pinkeye in your cattle herd can rob you blind. This contagious disease can cost a producer more than $100 per incident in beef cattle due to lower weight gains and reduced value at sale time.

Over the years, there have been a couple of Noble Foundation articles describing the hierarchy of nutrient use by cattle.

Harsh weather conditions, disease and other natural causes can inevitably take a deadly toll on cattle.

House and stable flies are two common pests in and around livestock-handling facilities. Control of these two species is an important part of a herd health plan since these insects often carry and transmit disease organisms.

Mastitis (inflammation in one or more quarters) occurs most commonly in dairy cows, but also in beef cows. Mastitis develops if bacteria enter the teat canal – as when cows calve in dirty areas or lie in mud and manure after calving.

For most ranchers it is not “if” they will have calves with scours, but “when” it will happen. Scours can be caused by bacteria, viruses, protozoa, yeast, mold and stress.