The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) issued Animal Disease Traceability (ADT) Rules in 2013 requiring certain classes

Occasional late-term abortions or stillbirths are an unfortunate reality. Learn to distinguish between expected losses and signs of an issue

Prolapses are not uncommon in cattle, sheep and goats. They can be rectal, vaginal or uterine.

Pregnancy checking the beef herd is a valuable tool for making culling decisions and future breeding decisions.

Creep feeding is the practice of allowing suckling calves access to supplemental feed to enhance rate of growth.

The largest cost of livestock ownership is feed. The best way to reduce feed cost is to maximize what you already have.

Vaccines are one of the mainstays of disease prevention that we provide for our animals. There are core vaccines that we recommend for...

These are the core vaccines recommended annually in Virginia beef and dairy cattle. “Blackleg” Clostridial seven-way (e.g. Alpha7,...

We are happy to announce that hoof trimming services provided by our Cattle Health Technician, Darin Durham, are fully up and running....

FDA Guidance 623, announced in June 2021, will effectively move all over-the-counter antibiotics to prescription status by June of 2023....

Healthy hooves are critical to comfort, health and production in beef cattle. When cattle cannot move comfortably, they cannot graze...

Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) is an important national program that helps raise consumer confidence in beef by training producers in BMP.

Expenses are up across all of the economy and agriculture is no exception. Whether beef or dairy, the largest expense for most cattle owners

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 Practice Guidelines

Down cows, cows who are unable to rise, are one of the most frustrating emergencies facing cattle veterinarians. While occasionally cows...

Body condition scoring (BCS) is a key measurement to track trends in a herd and evaluate individual animal health. It is especially...

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,...

Neurological diseases are diseases of the brain, spine and the nerves that connect them. A similar array of neurologic diseases affect...

Women have a been a critical component of agriculture since the beginning of time.