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The Midwest Cattleman · October 5, 2023 · P32
Establish a Complete Herd Health Plan

By Bob Larson DVM

Every cattle producer has can have great value in pre- tween veterinarians and pro- germs onto your farm by de-
the goal to efficiently utilize venting disease and ensuring ducers that accomplishes at veloping a testing and isola-
available forage, labor, man- optimum production in beef least the following goals: tion plan for new or returning
agement, and financial re- cattle herds. 1. Establish a biosecuri- cattle, a vaccination protocol,
sources to produce cattle that A complete health plan ty plan to minimize the in- and a traffic flow and visitor
will meet customers’ expec- should be established be- troduction of disease-causing restriction plan to reduce the
tations and desires. likelihood of infectious
Outbreaks of disease disease.
that result in sickness, •New cattle (includ-
reduced reproductive ing new bulls, replace-
or growth efficiency, ment heifers and cows,
or death not only neg- and purchased calves)
atively affects animal should be isolated -
welfare but also will away from the herd
drastically reduce the for at least one month.
efficiency of saleable During this time the
production from the new additions should
available resources. be vaccinated to bring
Protecting the health them into the same
of cattle herds is an protocol as the resi-
important part of a dent herd and may be
successful plan to tested to determine if
have a profitable and they are carriers for
sustainable ranching diseases of importance
operation. Besides a to the herd. If at any
veterinarian’s value time during the quar-
in diagnosing and antine period the in-
treating cattle that coming cattle exhib-
become sick, he or she it signs of diarrhea,

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