health & disease

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As the temperature continues to heat up, it is not only more difficult for you and I to perform but also our cattle. Heat stress is a very serious concern and can rob cattlemen of substantial amounts of revenue. The loses can come in the form of diminished performance in the feedyard or reproductive loses in the pasture. Whichever may affect your cattle most, it is critically important to properly diagnose and treat heat stress in your herd.

BeefCast 0490 Show Notes:

• Today we learn how to properly and accurately diagnose heat stress with Dr. Larry Hollis, cattle veterinarian at Kansas State University.
• Heat Stress Chart

BeefCast 0477 Show Notes:

• Dr. Jared Taylor, DVM and assistant professor at Oklahoma State University, provides the facts, myths and follies regarding agriculture's role in antimicrobial resistance. Follow-up with Part 2.

BeefCast 0474 Show Notes:

• Dr. Richard Breitmeyer, State Veterinarian for the California Department of Food and Agriculture, provides an update on traceability from his perspective in California. Part 2.

BeefCast 0473 Show Notes:

• Dr. Richard Breitmeyer, State Veterinarian for the California Department of Food and Agriculture, provides an update on traceability from his perspective in California. Part 1.