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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 11084"><p>Time will do a lot....if animals haven't been on the ground in an area for a few years, the ground will "self cleanse" quite a bit. Having Canadian winters help a LOT here... For viruses, you have bleach, virkon etc to use on feeders, barns, cement etc--fairly ineffective for dirt. Some places have taken off the top 6 to 12 inches of soil in an area and replaced with pea gravel or limestone screenings (you can tell I live in an area where these are freely available)to decontaminate. Others just prepare for the disease and vaccinate the heck out of their cattle. If you have a contaminated calving ground, don't use it for that the following two years and you should have much less problems. Yes, I'm advocating rotating calving grounds, preferably to an area which did not have cattle on it for 12 months plus. It's not as big a problem here since we have a couple of feet of snow on the ground at the moment, so most/all calves are being born in barns now...and they are fairly easy to clean up between seasons, or for us, between calves. Did I answer your question?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 11084"] Time will do a lot....if animals haven't been on the ground in an area for a few years, the ground will "self cleanse" quite a bit. Having Canadian winters help a LOT here... For viruses, you have bleach, virkon etc to use on feeders, barns, cement etc--fairly ineffective for dirt. Some places have taken off the top 6 to 12 inches of soil in an area and replaced with pea gravel or limestone screenings (you can tell I live in an area where these are freely available)to decontaminate. Others just prepare for the disease and vaccinate the heck out of their cattle. If you have a contaminated calving ground, don't use it for that the following two years and you should have much less problems. Yes, I'm advocating rotating calving grounds, preferably to an area which did not have cattle on it for 12 months plus. It's not as big a problem here since we have a couple of feet of snow on the ground at the moment, so most/all calves are being born in barns now...and they are fairly easy to clean up between seasons, or for us, between calves. Did I answer your question? [/QUOTE]
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