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    Raising Consumer Confidence with BQA Certification
    Bom Harris, DVM
    • Mar 29
    • 1 min

    Raising Consumer Confidence with BQA Certification

    Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) is an important national program that helps raise consumer confidence in beef by training producers in BMP.
    Cattle Inventory Management and Your Bottom Line
    Bom Harris, DVM
    • Mar 29
    • 2 min

    Cattle Inventory Management and Your Bottom Line

    Expenses are up across all of the economy and agriculture is no exception. Whether beef or dairy, the largest expense for most cattle owners
    Tube Feeding Calves
    Bom Harris, DVM
    • Jan 9
    • 2 min

    Tube Feeding Calves

    Poor appetite caused by sickness or injury can quickly lead to life-threatening malnutrition and dehydration in young calves. If a sick calf
    Veterinary Telehealth: New Guidelines for Our Comprehensive Services
    Bom Harris, DVM
    • Sep 28, 2021
    • 2 min

    Veterinary Telehealth: New Guidelines for Our Comprehensive Services

    Veterinary Telehealth Practice Guidelines
    Diagnosing and Treating Down Cows
    Bom Harris, DVM
    • Sep 28, 2021
    • 3 min

    Diagnosing and Treating Down Cows

    Down cows, cows who are unable to rise, are one of the most frustrating emergencies facing cattle veterinarians. While occasionally cows...
    Body Condition Scoring Your Beef Cow Herd
    Cassie Faull, DVM
    • Sep 28, 2021
    • 2 min

    Body Condition Scoring Your Beef Cow Herd

    Body condition scoring (BCS) is a key measurement to track trends in a herd and evaluate individual animal health. It is especially...
    Biosecurity: Keeping Your Herd Safe
    Bom Harris, DVM
    • Jul 12, 2021
    • 2 min

    Biosecurity: Keeping Your Herd Safe

    Expanding a herd with new animals can be exciting, whether it is a new breeding bull, young stock to add genetic diversity to the herd,...
    Recognizing Neurologic Disease in Ruminants
    Bom Harris, DVM
    • Jul 12, 2021
    • 2 min

    Recognizing Neurologic Disease in Ruminants

    Neurological diseases are diseases of the brain, spine and the nerves that connect them. A similar array of neurologic diseases affect...
    Celebrating Women in Agriculture
    Bom Harris, DVM
    • Mar 26, 2021
    • 3 min

    Celebrating Women in Agriculture

    Women have a been a critical component of agriculture since the beginning of time.
    Not Too Soon to Start on Fly Control!
    Bom Harris, DVM
    • Mar 17, 2021
    • 1 min

    Not Too Soon to Start on Fly Control!

    Many beef producers are more mindful of complete insect control in late winter due to the threat posed by the disease Theileria, which is...
    Low Stress Cattle Handling
    Cassie Faull, DVM
    • Mar 17, 2021
    • 3 min

    Low Stress Cattle Handling

    Stress is one of the largest contributors to disease and injury in cattle. Life events such as castration, weaning, vaccination and...
    Local Plant Toxicities of Livestock
    Cassie Faull, DVM
    • Mar 17, 2021
    • 2 min

    Local Plant Toxicities of Livestock

    Some of the most beautiful and luscious plants can have deadly consequences for our livestock. These are the plant toxicities seen most...
    Tick-Borne Disease Raises Concerns for Virginia
    Bom Harris, DVM
    • Jan 6, 2021
    • 2 min

    Tick-Borne Disease Raises Concerns for Virginia

    Unfortunately, the tick-borne cattle disease caused by Theileria orientalis has continued to spread through Virginia this year. We saw a...
    Four Tips for Livestock Injections
    Cassie Faull, DVM
    • Jan 6, 2021
    • 2 min

    Four Tips for Livestock Injections

    Giving injections is a routine and necessary skill for livestock ownership. Many vaccines, as well as most treatments for sick animals,...
    Spring is Baby Season
    Bom Harris, DVM
    • Jan 6, 2021
    • 1 min

    Spring is Baby Season

    While it feels like winter has just begun, our spring herds of sheep, goats and cattle will bring new life into the world before we know...
    Battling Pinkeye Outbreaks
    Bom Harris, DVM
    • Sep 1, 2020
    • 2 min

    Battling Pinkeye Outbreaks

    A long, cool spring in our area certainly led to a late fly season, but these pests are going strong now. In spite of a relatively mild...
    Weak Calf Syndrome and the Madigan Squeeze
    Cassie Faull, DVM
    • Sep 1, 2020
    • 2 min

    Weak Calf Syndrome and the Madigan Squeeze

    If you’ve ever experienced the great sense of relief that follows delivering a calf after a difficult calving, you may have also...
    Another Hard Winter
    Bom Harris, DVM
    • Mar 1, 2020
    • 2 min

    Another Hard Winter

    It is difficult to believe, after the drought last summer and fall, that we are faced with a muddy, wet winter for the second year...
    New Tick Brings New Disease to Virginia
    Bom Harris, DVM
    • Feb 27, 2020
    • 1 min

    New Tick Brings New Disease to Virginia

    The Longhorn tick was first identified in Virginia in 2017. Unfortunately, it has brought with it a challenging new disease affecting...
    It's Fair Time: Vet Tips for a Successful Show
    Bom Harris, DVM
    • Aug 21, 2019
    • 1 min

    It's Fair Time: Vet Tips for a Successful Show

    Fair time is here! This is a busy time of year as area youth prepare animals for fairs and shows. Here are a few tips to help make your...
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