CONSULTING ACTIVITIES

• Vaccination protocols
• Breeding management/efficiency
• Calf rearing
• Transition cow mamagement
• Fresh cow mamagement
• Milking protocols
• Disease outbreaks
• Nutrition
• Sick cow/calf protocols
• Records Analysis
  
  

SPECIFIC PROCEDURES

• Fertility testing of bulls
• Trichomonas testing of bulls
• Embryo transfer
• Artificial insemination
• Bovine Viral Diarrhea (BVD) and Tuberulosis testing
• Early pregnancy diagnosis with ultrasound
• Routine and emergency surgical procedures, including castration, dehorning and dystocia

PREVENTATIVE CARE

These are general guidelinesforpreventive care measures that you should take to minimize disease or illness in your herd.

Note: From both health and implementation standpoints, vaccination programs work best when customized to your individual operation. For this reason, we recommend that you contact us to set up an appointment to discuss your vaccination schedule.

Required vaccines:

• Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis virus (IBR)
• Parainfluenza-3 virus (PI3)
• Bovine Viral Diarrhea virus (BVD)
• Clostridial 7-Way
• 5-Way Leptospirosis
• Campylobacter fetus (Vibriosis)
• J-5 E. coli mastitis
• Rotavirus-Coronavirus-E. coli
• Pastuerella haemolytica bacterin toxoid
• Brucella abortis (Brucellosis or Bang's vaccine)

Optional vaccines:

• Bovine papilloma virus (wart)
• Moraxella bovis ("pink eye")
• Salmonella dublin
• Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis virus (IBR) intranasal
• Rabies

Recommended procedures:

• Bull fertility testing pre-breeding
• Calf dehorning
• Removal of supernumerary (extra) teats
• Monitoring passive transfer: measuring blood total protein
  between two and seven days
• Hoof care: at least once annually, twice in some situations;
  and foot exam for any lame animal