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Hmmmmm. Very interesting.trich is t foetus Fluid IT'S AND STD IN CATTLE , YAKS AND BUFFALO![]()
In 2005, trichomoniasis became a reportable disease in New Mexico. And that, according to John Wenzel, New Mexico State University (NMSU) Extension DVM, is one of the best things that could have happened in controlling the venereal disease that’s resurged throughout cattle country in recent years.
Focusing the industry’s attention on the disease is a good start, he says, but truly controlling it takes an aggressive bull-testing effort. That’s because when a bull becomes chronically infected, he never clears the disease. Cows, on the other hand, can become infected when bred by an infected bull, but later clear the disease and return to normal estrus.
What’s more, because the organism lives in the uterus, it’s very difficult to collect samples from cows. In bulls, on the other hand, the organism lives on the penis surface, making collection and sampling easier.
Trich’s effect on a cowherd can be disastrous, Wenzel says. When an infected bull breeds a cow, he deposits the organism in her reproductive tract, where it flourishes and can infect other bulls. The organism causes the cow to abort or reabsorb the fetus, which usually happens in the first 60 days of pregnancy. After the cow returns to normal estrus, she’ll usually clear the infection in 3-5 heat cycles. If she’s bred again, she’ll usually carry that calf to term.
So, the only real way to diagnose the disease is to test the bulls, he stresses. And it’s something ranchers might want to consider, even if their calving season and weaning percentages are within the guardrails.
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in this case it doesn't sound like a shot of penicallian will cure it![]()
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Sounds like a good setup.So after more research it turns out that Star and Comet have both calved 3 years in a row and the other three have now each calved once.
Star and Porter are the same age, with comet a year younger and the other 3 all 2011 models. So all this girls should be good for another 10 to 15 years.
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and then there will be maiah/myrtle who is 3 , Janet 15 and the sbr 19 who is 17. If I was to keep one of the bull calves for slaughter they are usually 3 to 3 1/2 yrs old before you do it.