Source: CVC IN SAN DIEGO PROCEEDINGS
November 1, 2009
By:
Joan S. Bowen, DVM
Many sheep and goat producers are unaware of zoonotic diseases that can be passed from animals to man. Some zoonoses such as pinkeye or soremouth cause symptoms in the host animal so that the producer knows the animal is ill, but he may not realize that the disease could be transmitted to himself or his family.
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Source: CVC IN SAN DIEGO PROCEEDINGS
November 1, 2009
By:
Grant Dewell, DVM, MS, PhD
Epidemiology is the study of health related states within a specified population.
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Source: CVC IN SAN DIEGO PROCEEDINGS
November 1, 2009
By:
Grant Dewell, DVM, MS, PhD
The concern that consumers and retailers have for food safety has shifted need for food safety programs back to farm level.
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Source: CVC IN SAN DIEGO PROCEEDINGS
November 1, 2009
By:
Grant Dewell, DVM, MS, PhD
Historically cow-calf producers have been plagued by a market that is beyond their control, that is, a reasonably competitive market.
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Source: CVC IN SAN DIEGO PROCEEDINGS
November 1, 2009
By:
Joan S. Bowen, DVM
There are many causes of external lumps and masses in sheep and goats, yet many producers assume that all external masses are abscesses.
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Source: CVC IN SAN DIEGO PROCEEDINGS
November 1, 2009
By:
Joan S. Bowen, DVM
Herd health programs developed by veterinarians in cooperation with producers strive to maximize health and production while decreasing the incidence of a variety of economically important diseases.
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Source: CVC IN SAN DIEGO PROCEEDINGS
November 1, 2009
By:
Grant Dewell, DVM, MS, PhD
The heifer selection program is a vital aspect of a commercial cow-calf operation.
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Source: CVC IN SAN DIEGO PROCEEDINGS
November 1, 2009
By:
Grant Dewell, DVM, MS, PhD
Veterinarians have been a privilege to use and prescribe FDA approved drugs in an extra label manner and to compound drugs to meet the specific health care needs of the diverse patients.
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