Category: Animal Health
INNOVATIVE FEED ACT What’s That All About?
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor U.S. cattle producers are at a certain disadvantage compared to European stockmen. Why? We are unable to benefit from the
Methane Digesters: Miracle Technology or Discriminatory Evil?
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor Farm methane digesters are most notably used on large dairies and confinement hog units. They are now becoming a more
Breakthrough BRD Technology Reenters the Market
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor Those of us who handle cattle know the most redundant problem we face is bovine respiratory disease (BRD). In fact,
MERCK’S DNA TRACEBACK- Using ‘Nature’s Barcode’ to Verify Exact Beef Origin
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor Fastidious food producers, retailers and consumers are becoming more demanding in knowing how and where their beef is produced. Using
Antibiotics Will Now Require a Veterinarian’s Prescription
By Burt Rutherford Contributing Editor This is an opportunity, says Dr. Justin Welsh, executive director of livestock technical services for Merck Animal Health. “Is this
Bluetongue Virus: Annoyance or Tragedy?
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor Few health issues are as insidious and difficult to deal with as bluetongue virus (BTV). Many of our readership may
Nebraska Ag in – and out of – the Classroom
by Micky Burch Officially named for the method of harvesting or “husking” corn by hand, Nebraska was dubbed the “The Cornhusker State” in 1945. You
Leaps of Technology
By Patti Wilson, Contributing Editor It is difficult for a paper-and-pencil kind of person to wrap my elderly head around the latest health technologies that
Merck Animal Health Receives FDA Approval of AROVYN™
New prescription antibiotic option for BRD, pinkeye and foot rot Merck Animal Health, known as MSD Animal Health outside the United States and Canada, a
Interaction Is Teaching
By Patti Wilson, Contributing Editor Kids sit in schools, classrooms and at the kitchen table for a good part of their young lives and are