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DROUGHT HEALTH PROBLEMS IN BEEF CATTLE

DROUGHT HEALTH PROBLEMS IN BEEF CATTLE. Floron C. Faries, Jr., DVM, MS Professor and Extension Program Leader for Veterinary Medicine Texas AgriLife Extension Service Texas A&M System. THIN CATTLE. Malnutrition/Starvation Range Ketosis – Hypoglycemia Thin, nursing cows/stress

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DROUGHT HEALTH PROBLEMS IN BEEF CATTLE

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  1. DROUGHT HEALTH PROBLEMS IN BEEF CATTLE Floron C. Faries, Jr., DVM, MS Professor and Extension Program Leader for Veterinary Medicine Texas AgriLife Extension Service Texas A&M System

  2. THIN CATTLE • Malnutrition/Starvation • Range Ketosis – Hypoglycemia • Thin, nursing cows/stress • Grain Aflatoxin Poisoning • Corn, Sorghum Stressed • > 400 PPB • Lumpy Jaw/Woody Tongue • Irritated Mouth/Tongue

  3. DEHYDRATED CATTLE • High Salinity Tanks • > 10,000 PPM • Reduced Water Intake • High Salt Intake (Neurological Signs)

  4. STRESSED CATTLE • Heat, Malnutrition, Dehydration • Low Fertility • Low Milk Production • Abortion • Dystocia • Retained Afterbirth • Uterine Prolapse • Immunosuppressed

  5. SICK CATTLE • Stress • Immunosuppressed • Germ Recrudescence • Germ Shedding • Low Immunity • Low Response to Vaccines • Contact Exposures

  6. DOWNER/DEAD CATTLE • Malnutrition • Foot Founder (Laminitis) • Front Feet • Polio (Polioencephalomalacia) • Low protein, low roughage, and high sulfate diet • Confined and fed a grain diet without roughage • Downer cow attempts to stand • Ankles remain flexed or knuckled over

  7. Grain Aflatoxin Poisoning • Corn, Sorghum Stressed • > 600 PPB • Plant Nitrate Poisoning • Corn, Sorghum, Johnson Stressed • > 1% • Plant Cyanide Poisoning • Sorghum, Johnson Stressed • Poisonous Plants • Blackleg Group (Soil-Borne/Recrudescence) • Anthrax (Soil-Borne)

  8. DEAD CATTLE AFTER RAINS • Plant Cyanide Poisoning • Sorghum, Johnson New Growth • Fog Fever (Pulmonary Emphysema and Edema) • Toxic reaction in the lungs • Lush, green grass in spring or fall • Blackleg Group (Soil-Borne/Recrudescence) • Anthrax (Soil-Borne)

  9. PURCHASED CATTLE/CARRIERS FOR RESTOCKING • Johne’s Disease (Cow/Bull) • Neosporosis (Cow) • Vibriosis (Bull) • Trich (Bull)

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