Recent content by Lucky_P

I was pretty sure that no significant effects would be associated with a shot of Lutalyse or Estrumate (synthetic analogs of Prostaglandin F2-alpha) to a bull, but I was wrong... I found this: "Administration of PGF2α (2.5 mg) before semen collection has been shown to increase semen volume and...

You can't deworm your way out of a feed deficiency, but you can feed your way through a (nematode) parasite issue (liver flukes are a different ball game). Is deworming a good practice for young, growing livestock? Yes. Do adult cattle need regular deworming? Mostly...NO. Other than the...

Hard to believe that a general companion animal practice could not reduce (replace) that dislocated hip; that doesn't require any special orthopedic equipment or expertise. I guess I'm just an old 'dinosaur', but closed reduction was a technique that every veterinary student learned, back in my...

When discussion threads like these pop up, I occasionally take advantage of them to discuss what is allowed, what is approved, what is 'extra-label', and what is prohibited. I see recommendations on here, all the time, of 'give this', or 'give that'... and in some cases, those are good...

Perennial (and annual, for that matter) ryegrass seedheads have these alternating groups of seeds on an undulating stem. Looks nothing like those in the the original photos

Administering phenylbutazone(Bute) to a food-producing animal - even if it is a 'pet' - is not 'off-label' use, it is a prohibited practice. Your vet should know this, if they don't already. Have I used Bute in cattle, in the past? Yes. Do I do it now? No. Would I recommend it to a client...

Dexamethasone will abort late-term pregnancies; use is certainly indicated in this case. 10 day slaughter withdrawal. IV Banamine (approved route of administration) has an effective half-life of ~9 hrs...so no long- lasting effect. 10 day slaughter withdrawal if given IV, 60+ days, if given IM...

We tagged as soon as we could get 'em... usually waited at least until they were all the way out of the cow. We had one batch of calves from one particular Angus sire, that you either had to tag as soon as they hit the ground, or wait a couple of days. If you tried to put hands on one after...

I've got no interest in smoking anything - other than meat! - anymore. But... I take a 5mg THC/25mg CBC gummy every night at bedtime, and sleep like a log.

KT, Interested in what Immobilizer you have? Wife bought one, years ago, after an evil witch broke my hand and almost broke her arm, while she was in the chute and us trying to get her milked out so her calf could get 'hold of those big ol' teats. This one, though, had alligator clips - one to...

This is absolutely correct. I remember, back in the day, one of our clients was a renowned Jersey breeder. I only had occasion to be on his farm once. But the thing that surprised me most was the 2 or 3 little 400 lb heifers already in the milking string, because they'd gotten bred at 4...

Mr. Chevy, 7a doesn't tell us much; it's not a location... there's a lot of 7a... Z7 VA/NC/TN is different from Z7 TX/OK, is different from Z7CA/WA/OR Apples & stonefruits are gonna necessitate a significant amount of spraying in most of the eastern US if you want anything approaching 'perfect'...

Rumen microbes can take the urea (nitrogenous 'waste' product in poultry manure), split off ammonium groups and attach them to carbohydrate chains from grains, etc. in the ration to manufacture amino acids, which are then incorporated into microbial proteins which are then digested and absorbed...

Your location, your preferences - and the level of care you're willing to invest - will determine what sort of advice we might give...