Cattle

Figure 3. Bovine tuberculosis screening. Vet injecting a cow with tuberculin during an intradermal comparative tuberculin test. This is the standard test used to screen cattle for bovine tuberculosis.

Bovine tuberculosis: slow progress

The current surveillance programme is adequate for detecting infected herds, but inadequate for detecting infectious animals. The skin test (SICCT; Figures 2 and 3) and gamma interferon tests...

CattleReview

At this time of year when healthy eating is promoted heavily, with some advocating a plant-based diet, this paper is pertinent to the discussion. Red meat is a nutrient-dense food and a dietary staple...

Figure 1. A heifer with leg bands being used to identify her for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug treatment.

Use of NSAIDs in the management of lameness in dairy cattle

Several randomised controlled trials have investigated the efficacy of NSAIDs as part of different treatment regimens using a range of outcome measures. A systematic literature review has recently...

Figure 1. Similar aged beef calves born at the beginning of a seasonal calving block to synchronised dams with fixed time artificial insemination.

Use of artificial insemination and oestrus synchronisation in beef herds

This is an area attracting increasing interest from beef suckler producers in the UK but carries the caveat, as for dairy cows, that lower pregnancy rates are to be anticipated compared with...

Figure 1. During August a Holstein cow which calved 2 weeks previously is presented in respiratory distress with occasional open-mouth breathing. There was a purulent nasal discharge. See Video 1.

Cattle self assessment

Bovine viral diarrhoea in cattle: an update

Eradicating BVD has many benefits for cattle industries. These range from removing financial restrictions to increasing farm profitability. The reduction in disease burden accounts for this, and...

Cattle Review: November–December

Bovine paratuberculosis (Johne's disease) is an endemic disease caused by Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (Map). Map is mainly transmitted between herds through movement of infected but...

Mastitis pattern analysis: epidemiology into practice

Recently, work published at University of Nottingham has used machine learning to improve the original mastitis pattern analysis tool and has refined the algorithms used (Hyde et al, 2020). The...

Figure 1. The calving pen: a high risk environment for disease transmission.

Calving pen management

A total of 66 dairy farms in Northern Ireland were visited in 2019 on three occasions over a 3 week period to measure and collate data on the environment pertaining to calf management. Full details...

Figure 1. Holstein cow at referral following a 3 day course of marbofloxacin and meloxicam. Figure 2. The same cow 6 weeks later after a change in antibiotic therapy to penicillin [Video 1]. Similar cases are shown in Videos 2 and 3.

Diagnosis of respiratory disease in adult cattle using ultrasonography

cow 6 weeks later after a change in antibiotic therapy to penicillin.

Reviewing the diagnosis and treatment of digital dermatitis in dairy herds

A reliable and affordable diagnostic test for BDD is not available and so the gold standard for diagnosis remains lifting feet for examination in a foot-trimming crush. This is time-consuming and...

Figure 3. Calves grazing silage aftermaths.

Parasite control and Saint Swithin's Day

Depending on the results of monitoring since turnout and the outcome of the review, the possible actions that can be instigated around mid-July essentially revolve around pasture management or...