Herd Health

I could make a lot of comments about <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/02/28/news/state/96-cattle-screen.txt">this program</a> that some one has dreamed up but I won't. Suffice it to say that easiest way to deal with the problem of BVD-PI cattle, cattle that are persistently infected with Bovine Virus Diarrhoea, is watching your cattle a little more closely and culling poor producing animals. For some reason cows that are BVD-PI have smaller calves in the spring and more often lose their calves in the spring so if you cull in the spring everything that doesn't have a calf, or has a really poor calf, BVD won't be a problem in your herd. No need for expensive tests or procedures. Too simple for most people though. They like to make things harder than they need to be.<br />n<br />n<b>Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires. Lao Tzu</b>