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<blockquote data-quote="Rangenerd" data-source="post: 297821" data-attributes="member: 4971"><p>With that many open cattle in your area, I would be looking at Trichomoniasis. For those on this board who have never delt with trich, it is a VD that causes cows to abort. Usually around 50 days after conception. The cows are the carriers and the bulls are the transfer agent. It is widespread in the western USA. One article I read stated that it costs our industry over $100 million per year.</p><p>A vet will need to test your bulls, a skin sample from the inside of the bulls sheath needs to be taken and placed in a reactive medium. The Medium is then read after 3 and 7 days for a reaction.</p><p>We picked up trich from the neighbor one year. We went from a 93% to 95% average breed rate to about 70%. The good news is you can get rid of it. Sell all the open cows, test the bulls and vacinate for trich. We were able to get rid of it in one year but most places take 2 or more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rangenerd, post: 297821, member: 4971"] With that many open cattle in your area, I would be looking at Trichomoniasis. For those on this board who have never delt with trich, it is a VD that causes cows to abort. Usually around 50 days after conception. The cows are the carriers and the bulls are the transfer agent. It is widespread in the western USA. One article I read stated that it costs our industry over $100 million per year. A vet will need to test your bulls, a skin sample from the inside of the bulls sheath needs to be taken and placed in a reactive medium. The Medium is then read after 3 and 7 days for a reaction. We picked up trich from the neighbor one year. We went from a 93% to 95% average breed rate to about 70%. The good news is you can get rid of it. Sell all the open cows, test the bulls and vacinate for trich. We were able to get rid of it in one year but most places take 2 or more. [/QUOTE]
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