BACKGROUND Schmallenberg virus (SBV) has swept through the major part of Europe in the period 2011-2013. A vaccine against SBV has been developed and may be a possible preventive instrument against infection. Presently, there is no data available to refute the assumption that natural SBV infection results in long-term immunity. In that respect, it is of interest to know how long (protecting) vi...

Our aim was to investigate the associations between management factors, compliance with current legislation, and herd-level calf mortality. In a national welfare audit, veterinary inspectors from Norwegian Food Safety Authority assessed legislation on (n = 912 herds). Nine criteria were rated as satisfactory (1) or not (0): housing, natural behavior, single pens, colostrum feeding, water, surve...

BACKGROUND Many lower limb disorders are related to calf muscle tightness and reduced dorsiflexion of the ankle. To treat such disorders, stretches of the calf muscles are commonly prescribed to increase available dorsiflexion of the ankle joint. HYPOTHESIS To determine the effect of static calf muscle stretching on ankle joint dorsiflexion range of motion. STUDY DESIGN A systematic review ...

These results support the earlier findings by Dr. Bill Kunkle and his research involving limitcreep supplements based on cottonseed meal and salt mixtures. Calf performance responses, as measured by the added gain realized by creep supplementation, are highly variable and cannot always be described by amounts of creep feed consumed. This variability has large and direct impacts on the cost effe...

We evaluated heifers crossbred from seven breeds of sires (Hereford, Angus, Belgian Blue, Piedmontese, Brahman, Boran, and Tuli) and three breeds of dams (Angus, Hereford, and MARC III [four-breed composite]). Heifers were mated to Red Poll sires to calve at 2 yr of age. Heifers were placed in two treatments from weaning to breeding and raised on a high nutrition level (15.8 Mcal ME/d) or on 80...

The objective of this study was to determine how the concentration of milk urea (MU) and FPCM production affect reproduction in selected Holstein dairy herds in the Czech Republic. A retrospective, observational study comprising analyses of individual cow records from monthly dairy herd improvement (DHI) milk tests including milk urea (MU) concentration was conducted in six commercial Holstein ...

persistent patent urachus with other accompanying anomalies like urethral obstruction and uroperitoniumquickly deteriorates animal conditions which necessitate prompt surgical intervention and animal salvage. a10-day-old calf was referred to clinic with mildly distended abdomen, history of umbilical dribbling and nosigns of normal urination since birth. on clinical laboratory results and ancill...

Introduction:We evaluated the performance of muscle perfusion scan (MPS) to assess muscle perfusion reserve (MPR) for prediction of incident diabetic foot ulcerations (DFU). Methods: We recruited 41 diabetic patients without any history of DFU. Five mCi 99mTc-MIBI was injected intravenously during repetitive dorsal and plantar right foot flexions. T...