Practice Opportunities in Cow/Calf Health Management

Abstract

With information from the Cow/Calf Health and Productivity Audit (CHAPA) veterinarians are in a position to demonstrate opportunities for improvement of beef production on cow/calf operations. Economic profitability associated with interventions will need to be determined for each operation. The veterinarian is highly regarded as a source of information by cow/calf producers. Few producers take advantage of available advanced reproductive technology in order to improve production efficiency. Furthermore, few producers use vaccination as a health management tool. The CHAPA would indicate that there is a large base of producers that may benefit from the advice and counsel of veterinarians in areas of breeding, calving, health, and nutritional management.