Vol. 52, No. 2 (2018 Summer)

Cover image of Volume 52, No. 2 of the Bovine Practitioner: a vintage painting of a white cow gazing at the viewer that fades at the edges into the black background. Image courtesy of the Vintage Barn Market in Blissfield, Michigan.

Published: 2018-06-01

Front Matter

Bovine Practitioner Vol. 52, No. 2 (Summer 2018). Front matter
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Articles

An Intercontinental survey of commercial abattoirs Preliminary data on the prevalence of advanced preslaughter health and welfare conditions in mature cows

Kurt D. Vogel, Tiffany L. Lee, Bruce Feinberg, Guy H. Loneragan, Jennifer Walker, Lily N. Edwards-Callaway, Michael G. Siemens, Daniel U. Thomson

109-119
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A Comparison of three vaccine programs on the health, growth performance, and carcass characteristics of high-risk feedlot heifers procured from auction-markets

Jacob A. Hagenmaier, Brett L. Terhaar, Ken Blue, Bruce W. Hoffman, J. Trent Fox, Miles E. Theurer

120-130
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Case series Surgical treatment of non-responding diphtheria cases in feedlot cattle via long term tracheostomy

Thomas J. Furman, Dale M. Grotelueschen, Durt Knudsen, Jim Furman, Seophanie Furman, D. Dee Griffin, Miles E. Theurer

132-136
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Efficacy of a DNA immunostimulant for on-arrival control of bovine respiratory disease in fall-placed feedlot calves

Joyce Van Donkersgoed, Steve Hendrick, Tamara Hofstede

141-145
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Case report Analysis of risk factors and production effects following an outbreak of bovine respiratory disease in Stocker cattle

Kristina J. Hubbard, Amelia R. Woolums, Brandi B. Karisch, John R. Blanton, William B. Epperson, David R. Smith

146-153
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Treatment efficacy of tildipirosin or tulathromycin for first treatment of naturally occurring bovine respiratory disease in a commercial feedlot

Miles E. Theurer, J. Trent Fox, Lonty K. Bryant, Jason S. Nickell, John P. Hutcheson

154-159
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Geospatial and temporal changes in Wisconsin bovine Salmonella enterica isolates between 2006 and 2014

Masami N. Glines, Keith P. Poulsen, Nicole A. Aulik

160-172
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Case report Use of a transition cow risk assessment tool and economic assessment tool to determine areas of opportunity in a herd with high incidence of transition cow diseases

Gabe E. Middleton, Michael W. Overton

173-181
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