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    Cattle vaccines

    Covexin 8 covers Clostridial diseases. It covers the following per their website: Clostridium chauvoei Clostridium haemolyticum Clostridium novyi Clostridium perfringens C Clostridium perfringens D Clostridium septicum Clostridium tetani Once PMH covers the following: Mannheimia haemolytica...
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    Open House at the Vet Clinic

    I am told they are mean with very strong jaws that can do damage to a person. They have weird feet with pads on their feet that compress as they take a step.
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    Open House at the Vet Clinic

    Clemson is in the process of building a vet school. They hope to accept students in the fall of 2026, but that date is not certain. The Clemson study was done by the former dean and a former officer of Lincoln Memorial vet school. So, it will be structured similar. No teaching hospital. No...
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    Open House at the Vet Clinic

    My daughter has very good connections and knowledge of the Auburn vet school. Two good friends did their residency work there. Clemson does not have a vet school yet. I think this is going to be the solution: Dr. Meredyth Jones in Oklahoma has extensive large animal experience and has a...
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    Open House at the Vet Clinic

    Kenny, there is a connection to your local area. The girl in the blue shirt will graduate this week at your nearby Lincoln Memorial Vet School. She worked at the vet clinic while earning her pre-vet degree at Clemson. Then came back to work each summer during vet school. Did her last vet...
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    New bull time

    Most of those "bulls" are Angus/Salers cross. Those pedigrees are from the Simmental database. (Simmental association allows recording of pedigree/data for crossbreds and other breeds.) Those animals are dna verified to the sire, but no info listed on the dams other than breed composition...
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    A big shout out to my Amish neighbors

    My experience is that most pit bulls are gentle friendly dogs. How many have you owned?
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    Post a pic of your bull

    Pictures don't always reflect reality. Videos come much closer. People can try to look good for a snapshot, but a video tends to better show reality.
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    Marijuana

    Kids that had breast milk are probably healthier than those that sucked on a plastic nipple on a plastic bottle filled with a liquid made from some powder. That bottle has an endless supply of calories. Way I see it is that I will probably be at my best performance level (mentally and...
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    Open House at the Vet Clinic

    My daughter is the owner/vet. I am just the handyman, grass cutter, facilities crisis manager, sometimes banker, computer tech, parking attendant, and such. Just everyday stuff that any cattle or farm person is accustomed to. She treats just about any species. She went to vet school at...
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    Open House at the Vet Clinic

    Painted "bony" horse with bones showing on one side and internal organs on the other side. Pony and horse rides for the kids. The little guy on the pony has a terminal illness. This is his first pony ride. Funds were raised to assist his mother with expenses. He had a great time, but a...
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    Open House at the Vet Clinic

    Had an open house at the vet clinic on Saturday. Lots of things to see and do for kids and adults as well. Lots of work to plan and execute. Lots of anxiety about the weather. The date was set a couple months ago. Then forecast was heavy rain and thunderstorms for Saturday. But the bad...
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    Bad luck keeps on coming

    Can't really blame an insurance company for having rules and requirements for third party (vet) confirmation of death. I am aware of an instance several years ago. A high-flying purebred outfit purchased an old donor cow. She was a well known cow in the simmental breed, but old. This outfit...
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    The End of EPDs?

    Cow's epd is in the 70 percentile for weaning weight (bottom 30% of breed). So, the cow was not picked for her epd's or to chase numbers. She was picked because she reliably settles to AI, and has produced some nice calves. Her first calf went to the Clemson bull test. Second calf was...
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    The End of EPDs?

    I looked today at the epd's for progeny of the 38 year old 600U bull. The simmental database only displays the most recent 500 animals in a search. The most recent 500 progeny from 600U go back to 2006 (when the bull was only 20 years old). So those last 500 progeny cover 18 years. I sorted...
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    The End of EPDs?

    That is a good reason to keep replacements out of your herd or at least heifers from a similar environment and management style. Cattle raised for generations in conditions that are similar to your own - just seems like they are more likely to do well in your herd. Independent of epd's. In...
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    2024 Maternal Gems Sale

    Catalogs are usually produced so that animals all face the same direction, so some pictures will be mirrored to fit that criteria.
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    The End of EPDs?

    Need to consider the definition of the epd. ADG epd is related to post weaning gain (stocker and feedlot situation). It is not based on gain to weaning or gain from birth. If a calf weans at a good weight, it does not need as high of an adg post weaning to reach a particular kill weight as...
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    The End of EPDs?

    It don't work that way. The epd numbers do not define a hard weight number. Actual weight is defined by environment (nutrition) as well as genetics (epd). The epd number is more about comparing two animal's expected performance in the same environment. Put a purebred angus calf on a dairy...
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    The End of EPDs?

    EPD's before genomics: CE BW WW YW ADG MCE MLK MWW STAY DOC CW API TI EPD 10.6 2.3 71.8 109.6 0.24 6.8 25 60.8 17.5 11.1 40 125.5 71.9 % 60 70 80 70 55 35 40 60...
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