Beef cattle health

Publications Date: Friday, Sep. 1, 2017

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Anaplasmosis in cattle is an infectious disease caused by a bacteria known as Anaplasma marginale. The disease is common in Missouri. Clinical cases can occur at any time of the year, but the majority of cases are seen in late summer and fall. The ...

Publications Date: Saturday, Sep. 1, 2001

Several species of plants poisonous to livestock are distributed throughout Missouri, and many of them are commonly found in native or improved pastures. This guide describes some of the more common species that are toxic to various livestock. For ...

Publications Date: Wednesday, Sep. 1, 1993

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This publication helps you identify and prevent various reproductive diseases and other ailments that affect cattle in Missouri. At the end of the publication, you will find a handy checklist of procedures that will help prevent the common illnesses ...

Publications Date: Friday, Oct. 1, 1993

A well made, properly placed cattle backrubber will give economical control of horn flies on beef and dairy cattle and will aid in control of face flies.If the backrubber is kept soaked with a recommended insecticide, cattle lice also can be ...

Publications Date: Friday, Oct. 1, 1993

The abomasum is the fourth, or "true," stomach in the cow. It normally lies low down in the right front quadrant of the abdomen, just inside the seventh through 11th ribs (Figure 1). Adjacent to the abomasum, on the left side of the ...

Publications Date: Friday, Oct. 1, 1993

During periods of high temperatures and humidity, livestock losses can occur from hot weather stress.Hot weather stress is particularly hazardous to closely confined livestock (those in feedlots, sorting and holding pens, trucks and rail cars). High ...