Pub Date : 2024-03-02DOI: 10.12968/live.2024.29.2.50
Will Gratwick
The prevalence of lameness varies hugely between farms. The benefits of improving mobility are significant, with cost savings as well as welfare being greatly improved. Communication and collaboration between the veterinarian and the foot trimmer is likely to be highly beneficial, and protocols can be created to improve treatment of lameness. The role of the veterinarian is to optimise the approach to the treatment and prevention of lameness, while monitoring the relevant data, including mobility scores and treatment records.
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Pub Date : 2024-03-02DOI: 10.12968/live.2024.29.2.82
Fay Pooley
As prey species with a stoic nature, camelids can be challenging patients. Taking a thorough history is essential, as it can provide insight into potential differential diagnoses. When arriving on farm, it is useful to take 5 minutes to assess the animal in the field, as they may not display their symptoms when restrained or contained in an unfamiliar area. It is helpful to have an experienced handler present, as not all camelids will be used to being restrained or touched. This article describes a ‘top to toe’ approach to a general clinical examination, followed by details on neurological examination in camelids.
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Pub Date : 2024-01-02DOI: 10.12968/live.2024.29.1.6
Sarah Tomlinson
Bovine tuberculosis is a devastating disease because of the massive impacts it has on the farm business and the knock-on effects on animal and farmer health and welfare. The National TB Conference was held to champion what has been achieved by working together as part of the bovine tuberculosis eradication strategy and to start the conversation on what is needed from all stakeholders to achieve a bTB-free status in England and Wales.
{"title":"National TB Conference: a collaborative approach towards a TB-free future","authors":"Sarah Tomlinson","doi":"10.12968/live.2024.29.1.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/live.2024.29.1.6","url":null,"abstract":"Bovine tuberculosis is a devastating disease because of the massive impacts it has on the farm business and the knock-on effects on animal and farmer health and welfare. The National TB Conference was held to champion what has been achieved by working together as part of the bovine tuberculosis eradication strategy and to start the conversation on what is needed from all stakeholders to achieve a bTB-free status in England and Wales.","PeriodicalId":100879,"journal":{"name":"Livestock","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140515587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-01-02DOI: 10.12968/live.2024.29.1.30
Sarah Wood, Sarah Long
Dermatological presentations are common across farm animal species. This article uses case reports from first opinion ambulatory practice to illustrate common presentations. For each the case background and presenting signs are described, alongside the approach to the case, and the considerations regarding management and treatment options. With application of a logical approach to a case, and consideration of the equipment required for ambulatory vets to appropriately work up such cases, farm animal practitioners can successfully manage these cases, ensuring an optimal outcome for client and herd.
{"title":"Large animal dermatology: common cases","authors":"Sarah Wood, Sarah Long","doi":"10.12968/live.2024.29.1.30","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/live.2024.29.1.30","url":null,"abstract":"Dermatological presentations are common across farm animal species. This article uses case reports from first opinion ambulatory practice to illustrate common presentations. For each the case background and presenting signs are described, alongside the approach to the case, and the considerations regarding management and treatment options. With application of a logical approach to a case, and consideration of the equipment required for ambulatory vets to appropriately work up such cases, farm animal practitioners can successfully manage these cases, ensuring an optimal outcome for client and herd.","PeriodicalId":100879,"journal":{"name":"Livestock","volume":"33 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140515360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-01-02DOI: 10.12968/live.2024.29.1.18
Al Manning
Bedding materials are often considered as part of a mastitis investigation. Dry matter content and bacteriological counts provide useful insight into bedding quality, and coliform counts of >1 000 000 cfu/g are associated with an increased risk of mastitis. Recycled manure solids bedding tends to have lower dry matter content and higher bacterial counts, relative to other organic or inorganic materials. Despite this finding, there is no clear association between bedding type and mastitis risk. This suggests that other management factors are also important in controlling infections on farm. When investigating a mastitis outbreak, bedding analysis may be useful alongside wider assessment of farm management and environment.
{"title":"Bedding material for dairy cows: effect on udder health and milk quality","authors":"Al Manning","doi":"10.12968/live.2024.29.1.18","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/live.2024.29.1.18","url":null,"abstract":"Bedding materials are often considered as part of a mastitis investigation. Dry matter content and bacteriological counts provide useful insight into bedding quality, and coliform counts of >1 000 000 cfu/g are associated with an increased risk of mastitis. Recycled manure solids bedding tends to have lower dry matter content and higher bacterial counts, relative to other organic or inorganic materials. Despite this finding, there is no clear association between bedding type and mastitis risk. This suggests that other management factors are also important in controlling infections on farm. When investigating a mastitis outbreak, bedding analysis may be useful alongside wider assessment of farm management and environment.","PeriodicalId":100879,"journal":{"name":"Livestock","volume":"1 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140515078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-01-02DOI: 10.12968/live.2024.29.1.22
M. Barden, Donagh P Berry, M. Winters, George Oikonomou
The high prevalence of lameness in dairy cattle is a critical issue for the industry. Despite having a low heritability, considerable genetic variability is associated with the risk of lameness; therefore, genetic selection can be used to complement management-based approaches to reduce lameness in dairy herds. The Lameness Advantage genetic index, available for all recorded and evaluated dairy animals in the UK, is an estimate of an animal's genetic predisposition to lameness. It has been shown that cows with higher Lameness Advantage values had a reduced incidence of sole lesions, digital dermatitis, and lameness; therefore, breeding to increase the average Lameness Advantage value of a herd could be beneficial. This can be readily achieved by breeding replacements from bulls with a Lameness Advantage value that is above the herd average; this is a low-cost and effective strategy that all farms could implement almost immediately to improve foot health. It is important to ensure a balanced approach to genetic selection by first selecting the parents of the next generation on their overall profitability index (eg £PLI, £SCI or £ACI), followed by secondary selection criteria to address specific breeding goals.
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Pub Date : 2024-01-02DOI: 10.12968/live.2024.29.1.9
George Caldow, Katrina Henderson
Bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) infection is associated with significant reproductive losses in cattle through the detrimental impact of both persistent and transient infection on breeding females and males. The pathology within the reproductive tract is well described, although the mechanisms that lead to reproductive failure have yet to be fully unravelled. Prolonged shedding of virus following acute infection of bulls in both the peri- and post-pubertal periods has been observed, although the significance of this in relation to reproductive failure and the spread of infection has yet to be fully explored for the UK situation. Infection and recovery lead to an immune state in the female that is protective against breeding failure and generation of persistently infected calves. Vaccination using either of the two vaccines licensed for the control of BVDV infection in breeding cattle in the UK has been shown to be protective against fetal infection. In the UK where regional and herd level eradication of BVDV is progressing against a background of endemic infection, vaccination would appear to offer stopgap mitigation against reinfection until such times as national eradication is achieved.
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Pub Date : 2024-01-02DOI: 10.12968/live.2024.29.1.36
Fiona Lovat, BVSc Mrcvs
Vaccination is an integral part of progressive preventative flock health management. It sits within a toolbox of measures, which include good biosecurity and nutrition, to effectively prevent or control disease on farm. The decision to vaccinate sheep is primarily motivated by animal welfare and the wish to optimise health by giving sheep the best chance to be free from avoidable disease. The NOAH vaccination guideline introduces the concept of two categories of vaccination to support flock health planning. Category one vaccines are considered ‘core’ vaccinations that should be thought of as the foundation of a standard vaccination programme and category two vaccinations are against diseases for which the level of threat to flock health and welfare will vary on an individual farm basis.
{"title":"Plan, prevent, protect: optimal sheep vaccination","authors":"Fiona Lovat, BVSc Mrcvs","doi":"10.12968/live.2024.29.1.36","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/live.2024.29.1.36","url":null,"abstract":"Vaccination is an integral part of progressive preventative flock health management. It sits within a toolbox of measures, which include good biosecurity and nutrition, to effectively prevent or control disease on farm. The decision to vaccinate sheep is primarily motivated by animal welfare and the wish to optimise health by giving sheep the best chance to be free from avoidable disease. The NOAH vaccination guideline introduces the concept of two categories of vaccination to support flock health planning. Category one vaccines are considered ‘core’ vaccinations that should be thought of as the foundation of a standard vaccination programme and category two vaccinations are against diseases for which the level of threat to flock health and welfare will vary on an individual farm basis.","PeriodicalId":100879,"journal":{"name":"Livestock","volume":"115 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140515989","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-02DOI: 10.12968/live.2023.28.5.194
Alice Miller
As workloads increase for farm vets, the British Cattle Veterinary Association is working hard to represent the farm vet profession at the highest levels, as well as providing educational resources year-round, culminating in the annual Congress each year.
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