By: Michael Sutphin
BLACKSBURG, Va., Jan. 17, 2014 – Beef cattle producers will have an opportunity to learn strategies to protect the health of their herds at the Virginia Tech Beef Cattle Health Conference on Saturday, Jan. 25, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, the Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and Virginia Cooperative Extension are hosting the event on the veterinary college’s Blacksburg campus, located at 245 Duck Pond Drive.
Morning topics include general lab diagnostics for herd health, botulism, current medications used by producers, intranasal vaccines, deworming, challenges of feeding poor quality hay, and purebred cattle herd management. In the afternoon, attendees will rotate through 30-minute labs that cover clinical procedures, an ultrasound demonstration, a bull-breeding soundness exam, and a calf necropsy.
