trichomoniasis
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Rangenerd
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Get your bulls tested, buy virgin bulls, sell your open cows they are the carriers, vaccinate everything, make sure your fences are good, tell your neighbors you have it and have them test also. If you and your neighbors do what you have to, you should have it cleaned up in 2 to three years
I researched Trich awhile back, I wrote some about it on my blog http://www.gizmoangus.blogspot.com We have several customers that just will not buy anything but virgin bulls. This is a disease that can ruin a cattle operation.
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gizmom":jponi3jx said:
That's why they have a TEST for it. It does exist in Colo and whenever a bull changes hands for any reason other than hamburger it has to be tested. They also have to be tested every year prior to being released on the public land grazing permits.
Because of rigorous testing the incidence of Trich in Colo has been halved over the last couple of years. I just had my Angus bull tested last month and thankfully he tested clean.
Where it gets spread is personal transactions that don't go thru the Sale Barn or the brand inspector. As always a few bad apples spoil the barrel for want of a $30 test.
vclavin
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3waycross":2dgwq3vk said:
I heard the test had to be done 3 times to be considered negative?
Valerie
Oldtimer
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vclavin":j7gn1trd said:
It does in Montana under the Montana Trich rules...Only thing you can sell without the testing is virgin bulls under 2 years of age...Also any bulls running in common pastures (community pastures/grazing associations) with multiple users has to be tested each year or be new virgin bulls...
Commercialfarmer
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In the states around us, it requires only one PCR test to be negative or 3 of the traditional type. As far as cows, they will self clear when not continuously exposed to an infected bull. Bulls are the only ones that won't clear an infection and they should be slaughtered. The vaccines prevention is extremely short lived so it generally won't prevent a wreck and is definately not a silver bullet.
Most infections occur due to communal grazing or environmental disasters that allow co-mingling of cattle. You can buy all the virgin bulls you want, but if you dump your herd out on an open range, your still taking chances.
AI will not infect your cattle as freezing kills the organism.
Most infections occur due to communal grazing or environmental disasters that allow co-mingling of cattle. You can buy all the virgin bulls you want, but if you dump your herd out on an open range, your still taking chances.
AI will not infect your cattle as freezing kills the organism.
upfrombottom
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Commercialfarmer":1npr2m71 said:
How long after exposure before a cow could be concidered clear? I know a bull must be tested before being transported across state lines, but what about bred cows/heifers?
Red Bull Breeder
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From what i have read a cow should be clean after 6 months.
The PCR test is considered to be as good as doing the three cultures. We test any bull that has been exposed to a cow, just to be safe and they even though they are our cows, we have never had a bull test positive. That being said we still have one customer that will not purchase a bull unless it is a virgin, he had trich get into his herd several years ago and he is not willing to take a chance he just doesn't trust any of the test. When we test we use the PCR test. I heard that Mississippi has passed a law or rule that no bull is allowed to be brought into the state unless he is a virgin or has a clean trich test. Please keep in mind that at this point this is unverified information, if anyone on this site is from Mississippi and can verify it would be good to know.
Thanks
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Thanks
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upfrombottom
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Thanks upfrombottom, that is the kind of information that I was looking for. I hate posting something on these boards without backup but I heard about the Mississippi rule at a bull sale a couple of weeks ago and haven't had a chance to research it. Thanks for the link.
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redcowsrule33
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Missouri's having problems now, too...
http://www.news-leader.com/article/...44/1007/Parasite-increasing-presence-in-state
http://www.news-leader.com/article/...44/1007/Parasite-increasing-presence-in-state
Oldtimer
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redcowsrule33":1jlla4le said:
yep-- and until all the states outlaw buying cheap canner bulls at the sales ring for herd bulls, old nonvirgin untested bulls, and/or borrowing and leasing untested bulls back and forth between herds- it will continue to spread...
Kingfisher
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It is cattle VD! Hard to tell how bad the infection really is with all the media hype.........but..........like human VD can be a really really bad thing I suppo0se.
