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Investigating causes of late-term abortions

Learn common pathogenic and nonpathogenic causes of late-term abortions and how dairy producers, their herd veterinarians and veterinary diagnostic laboratories can work together to help find the cause of late-term abortions.

July 16, 2024

Angela Rowson

Learn common pathogenic and nonpathogenic causes of late-term abortions and how dairy producers, their herd veterinarian and veterinary diagnostic laboratories can work together to help find the cause of late-term abortions.

Finding value in problem situations

Proper diagnostics will define the challenges and ensure correct solutions are implemented to reduce risk and recover value from disease situations.

September 11, 2023

Jason Anderson

Illness and death of animals is frustrating, no doubt. It has been said, “If you’re going to have livestock, you’re going to have deadstock.” While it may be a cliché, it is an unfortunate reality.

Maximizing laboratory diagnostic testing in dairy cattle

June 11, 2020

Elisha Frye

We all know infectious diseases exist on dairies. They can present as an outbreak, be endemic in the herd or potentially both, and some cattle diseases may even pose a health risk to farm employees.

A smelly problem

November 20, 2013

Ana Alcaraz

A postmortem examination is a unique experience because it utilizes the full spectrum of all five senses in order to decipher a case. Upon entering the postmortem room, I hone in on the clues that stimulate my senses.

Case study: Fungal organisms preyed on weakened calves

June 10, 2013

Ana Alcaraz

A busy postmortem room is a very exciting, entreating environment. It is also an important diagnostic tool for a practitioner and a dairy farmer.

‘If it ain’t firm, it ain’t pneumonia’

January 18, 2013

Ana Alcaraz

The postmortem examination technique, also called necropsy, is not complicated. I like to start by placing the carcass on its left side, cutting the dead animal in the right axilla, and proceeding to open the skin from the mandible to the inguinal region.

Starvation ‘virus’: A non-infectious disease

September 19, 2012

Ana Alcaraz

It was a hot sunny day in southern California when I received a phone call to do a field postmortem. I immediately said yes – I like to do those farm visits because they give me a chance to see the surrounding area and to meet local producers and veterinarians.

Using your ‘sixth sense’ or superior intelligence

June 8, 2012

Ana Alcaraz

In the field of post-mortem examination, experienced pathologists develop a sixth sense. I encountered that sixth sense while a first-year resident at Cornell University, in the middle of a winter morning. At 11 a.m. our lab received a phone call letting us know about seven dead heifers from a farm in upstate New York.

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Investigating causes of late-term abortions

Finding value in problem situations

Maximizing laboratory diagnostic testing in dairy cattle

A smelly problem

Case study: Fungal organisms preyed on weakened calves

‘If it ain’t firm, it ain’t pneumonia’

Starvation ‘virus’: A non-infectious disease

Using your ‘sixth sense’ or superior intelligence

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