Respiratory diseases seen in spring 2019 is the focus of Axiom Veterinary Laboratories’ latest update – including cases of infectious bovine rhinotracheitis, respiratory syncytial virus and pasteurellosis.
CASE STUDY: 2016 BVDzero awards finalist Angela Damaso explains how limited resources, farmer apathy, biosecurity challenges and various other issues resulted in an incomplete BVD eradication programme.
The author runs through some of the important considerations for farm animal vets and their clients, with particular emphasis on vaccination and disease prevention, husbandry and nutrition.
Jennifer Allan runs through preventive strategies for a prevalent disease with a high morbidity rate, including environmental control and boosting calf immunity.
Having already discussed the wider causes of lameness, James Dixon turns his attenton to the risk factors to stock at pasture, including some less common conditions affecting grazing animals.
In his latest report from Axiom laboratories, veterinary clinical pathologist James Barnett focuses on respiratory disease in the months of December, January and February.
Vet Jack Sheldrake explains how he and a veterinary colleague have bucked the trend by setting up and running a successful farm veterinary practice that is an independent business.
