animal health

HELENA, Mont.  – Livestock producers around Montana are thrilled with the recent signing of House Bills (HB) 14 and 632 by Governor Greg Gianforte. Both bills included $26 million in…

The U.S. livestock industry has been foot-and-mouth diseases (FMD) free since 1929, but the threat of the disease reentering the country remains present. Trade relationships with countries that are not…

By Brian Yablonski, CEO of the Property and Environment Research Center. In a move that will benefit both ranchers and wildlife in our region, the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently…

The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced this week the first major foot-and-mouth vaccine purchase to store in the National Animal Vaccine and Veterinary Countermeasures Bank. APHIS…

BISMARCK, ND – North Dakota livestock purchasers must make sure any livestock they buy or receive from other states meets North Dakota’s import requirements. “Due to recent meat plant closures,…

Helena, Mont. –  On Monday, December 30th the Montana Department of Livestock reported that a single cow on a Madison County ranch within Montana’s brucellosis Designated Surveillance Area (DSA) has…

Every spring, and sometimes fall, ranchers gather around the fire to mark their ownership on their calves. This is the time when calves are vaccinated, dehorned – their horn grow…

No longer will producers who need injectable antibiotics for their cattle be able to just grab them at their local feed store or order them online. The Texas A&M AgriLife…

Vaccines are a vital part of keeping all livestock healthy. Vaccines help in the prevention of disease, which results in less utilization of antibiotics due to fewer sick animals. Vaccines…

PIERRE, SD – Bovine trichomoniasis (trich) has been detected in a South Dakota cattle herd. Two bulls from a beef cattle herd in Oglala Lakota County have tested positive for…