I could make a lot of comments about this program that some one has dreamed up but I won't. Suffice it to say that easiest way to deal with the problem of BVD-PI cattle, cattle that are persistently infected with Bovine Virus Diarrhoea, is watching your cattle a little more closely and culling poor producing animals. For some reason cows that are BVD-PI have smaller calves in the spring and more often lose their calves in the spring so if you cull in the spring everything that doesn't have a calf, or has a really poor calf, BVD won't be a problem in your herd. No need for expensive tests or procedures. Too simple for most people though. They like to make things harder than they need to be.
Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires. Lao Tzu
Tuesday, February 28. 2006
Herd Health
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