New Vaccine Could Save Cattle From BRD
The cattle industry is losing $1 billion each year with no end in sight. One researcher believes his team can help save it.
Shafiqul Chowdhury, a professor of molecular and researcher at the Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, has developed a new vaccine that could prevent the spread of bovine respiratory disease. Cattle already receive a vaccine, but eight million calves still die each year, hindering the beef and milk supply. The current vaccine does not prevent the spread of bovine respiratory disease and does not contain a DIVA marker—what distinguishes infected from vaccinated animals.
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USDA Authorizes CRP Graze & Hay Donations To Wildfire Impacted Livestock Producers In Texas, Oklahoma and Nebraska
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) authorizes the release of emergency haying and grazing of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres nationwide, including CRP acres in Louisiana, to livestock producers affected by the recent wildfires in Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas.
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World Champion Steer Wrestler Inducted Into East Ascension High School Hall Of Fame
Saturday night, Gonzales native Tyler Waguespack was inducted into East Ascension High School's Hall of Fame for his achievements in steer wrestling.
Born and raised in Gonzales, Tyler followed in his father Mike Waguespack's footsteps. Mike has "bulldogged" since the 1990s and retired when he was 56.
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Study to Examine Seaweed Oil Extract for Methane Reduction
As emissions become a greater concern, farmers are implementing various strategies to address and reduce methane produced by livestock.
Seaweed is one of those tools on which studies such as a recent one conducted by Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences are looking to prove efficacy.
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LA Teen Earns Angus Junior Bronze And Silver Awards
Grant Dela Houssaye, New Iberia, La., has earned the National Junior Angus Association’s (NJAA) Bronze and Silver awards, according to Caitlyn Brandt, events and junior activities director of the American Angus Association® in Saint Joseph, Mo.
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Livestock Economist: Cattle Market Off To A Stronger Start In '24
A livestock economist says cattle markets are starting 2024 in a much better position than they were last year. University of Missouri’s Scott Brown says markets performed well last week. “We called cattle up $2.50 this week with the early information,” he says. “I’ll say that’s about $1.75 for fed cattle prices that gets us there. Just realize we started 2023 with $1.58 for fed cattle.”
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Profit Tracker: Cattle, Hog Margins Worst Since Summer 2020
Closeouts fell another $10 deeper into the red for cattle feeders last week as losses totaled an average of $110 per head, according to the Sterling Beef Profit Tracker. Meanwhile, beef packers saw their margins improve $44 per head, pulling packer margins out of the red and $28 into the black. Cattle feeders have now seen a month’s worth of losses on closeouts.
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Texas A&M Researchers Study Coronavirus in Humans, Cattle
Researchers from the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences’ Veterinary Education, Research, and Outreach program have joined an international team studying how coronaviruses are spread and whether an individual’s microbiome might impact that transmission.
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New Research Aims to Prevent ‘Sleeping Sickness’ in Cattle
As parasites adapt to a warming world, an infectious disease expert at Rochester Institute of Technology has his eye on the tsetse fly in sub-Saharan Africa. The biting fly transmits Trypanosomiasis, or “sleeping sickness,” to cattle there and could someday migrate to northern climates, including the United States.
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