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Bovine Science with BCI — 100 episodes

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1

Can More Vitamin A for Cows Improve Calf Health? The Challenge of Boosting Vitamin A Through Colostrum

2

Learning Agriculture at the State Fair: From Calving Cows to Inspiring Future Veterinarians

3

Can Bull Behavior Predict Breeding Success? Using Technology to Identify Top Sires

4

Vitamin A Before Calving: Why Hay Quality Matters More Than Supplements Alone

5

When Fly Spray Turns Toxic: A Costly Insecticide Mixing Mistake

6

How Heritable Is Fertility in Beef Cattle?

7

A New Approach to Mycoplasma Control: Evaluating a Modified-Live Vaccine in Young Calves

8

Solving the Toxicology Mystery: A Systematic Approach to Vague Cattle Health Problems

9

Do Vaccines Affect Bull Fertility? Evaluating Breeding Soundness After Modified Live and Killed Vaccines

10

Rethinking Vitamin A in Beef Cattle: Why Calves May Be Deficient Despite Green Grass

11

Can Coronavirus Vaccination Reduce Pre-Weaning Respiratory Disease in Beef Calves?

12

Can Coronavirus Vaccination Reduce Pre-Weaning Respiratory Disease in Beef Calves?

13

A Deadly Holding Pen: Poisoning Causes Sudden Loss of 14 Heifers

14

The Mystery Eye Disease Outbreak: Investigating a Point-Source Event in Stocker Cattle

15

Strategic Heifer Development: Can Stair-Step Nutrition Improve Puberty Rates and Reduce Feed Costs?

16

More Than Stocking Density: How Pen Size Influences Puberty in Replacement Heifers

17

A Deadly Feed Mixing Mistake: Investigating Sudden Cattle Deaths in a Dry Lot

18

Written Grazing Plans and Profitability: What Drives Adoption on Cow-Calf Operations?

19

Heifer Selection for Profit: Why Hybrid Vigor, Longevity, and Efficiency Matter

20

Saline vs. PBS: A Practical Test of Sample Collection Methods in Cattle Diagnostics

21

Systems Thinking in Beef Production: Solving Problems Beyond the Individual Animal

22

Deadly Dehydration: How a Simple Gate Closure Led to Mass Cattle Loss

23

Industry Changes Coming Down The Line

24

After the Abstract: Bovine Leukemia Virus and Beef Cow Performance

25

Diving into Diets: Does More Protein Improve Feedlot Performance

26

Tox Talk: Japanese Yew Toxicity

27

Tox Talk: Lantana Toxicity Case

28

After the Abstract: Pregnancy Loss in Crossbred Beef Cows

29

Diving into Diets: Fertilization vs. Supplementation in Grazing Cattle

30

Tox Talk: Lead Poisoning in Young Calves

31

Herd Health: Bull Soundness Exam

32

After the Abstract: Methylene Blue Withdrawal in Cattle

33

Diving into Diets: Organic vs. Inorganic Minerals in Beef Cattle

34

Research Update: Maddie Mancke and Scours Management

35

After the Abstract: Managing Johne’s Disease in Beef Herds

36

Herd Health: Modified Live Vaccines at Synchronization

37

Tox Talk: Nitrate Poisoning in Cattle

38

Diving into Diets: Phosphorus and Calcium in Lactating Beef Cows

39

Herd Health: Synchronization Strategies for Heifers and Cows

40

After the Abstract: Predicting Bovine Respiratory Disease with Water Intake

41

Diving into Diets: Volatile Fatty Acids

42

Herd Health: Estrus Synchronization Protocols in Heifers vs. Cows

43

Herd Health: Heifer Selection Strategies

44

About the Abstract: Bovine Coronavirus

45

Diving into Diets: Grazing Behavior

46

Herd Health: Passive Transfer

47

About the Abstract: Antimicrobial Metaphylaxis Study

48

Guest Dr. Cassandra Olds: What is Theileria, How is Theileria Transmitted, Heifer Development

49

Tox Talk: Sudden Death in Fall-Calving Herd

50

Herd Health: Diagnosing an Aborted Fetus

51

Herd Health: Weaned Calved with Bloody Diarrhea

52

Diving into Diets: Essential Oils in Feed Rations Part 3

53

Diving into Diets: Essential Oils in Rations, Part 2

54

Tox Talk: High Culling Rates

55

Diving into Diets: Essential Oils in Feed Rations

56

Herd Health

57

After the Abstract: Backfat and BSEs

58

Diving into Diets: Yeast

59

Pasture Pulse: Lame Calves

60

Tox Talk: Death of Young Calves

61

After the Abstract: Tritrichomonas

62

Diving into Diets: Bromaform

63

Herd Health: Value of Records

64

Tox Talk: Collecting Samples

65

After the Abstract: Bovine Veterinarian Survey

66

Tox Talk: Nodule Liver

67

Tox Talk: Shells in the Stomach

68

Herd Health: Preweaned BRD

69

Diving into Diets: Alternative Backgrounding

70

Tox Talk: Ponderosa Pine

71

Herd Health: Another Case of Open Heifers

72

Pasture Pulse: Calf Scours

73

After the Abstract: Detecting BRD

74

Diving into Diets: Sorghum Silage

75

Pasture Pulse: Hardware Disease

76

Tox Talk: Poisoned Heifer

77

After the Abstract: Nasal Pathobiome Abundance

78

Diving into Diets: Feed Digestibility

79

Herd Health: Purebred Cows are Open

80

Tox Talk: Spring Turnout Gone Wrong

81

After the Abstract: Caprine Science

82

Diving into Diets: Direct Fed Microbial

83

Herd Health: Pregnancy Loss Factors

84

Tox Talk: Eight Found in a Field

85

Tox Talk: 14 Dead in Snow

86

Diving into Diets: Neonatal Diet

87

Herd Health: Open Cows

88

After the Abstract: Maternal Bovine Appeasing Substance

89

Tox Talk: 11 Lame Cows

90

Herd Health: Mystery of Open Heifers

91

Diving into Diets: Patch Burning

92

After the Abstract: Liver Abscess Control

93

Herd Health: Case Study on Open Cows

94

After the Abstract: Hemotropic Mycoplasma

95

Herd Health: Ultrasound Technology

96

Diving into Diets: Reducing Methane

97

Tox Talk: Death in a Dry Lot

98

Herd Health: Bull Fertility

99

After the Abstract: Neurologic Case Report

100

Diving into Diets: Vitamin A