Category: Cattle
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Bad News
I read a couple of stories recently that sound a little bad for our fair haired Governor, Brian Schweitzer.<br />n<br />nFirst off, regional veterinary experts are <a href="http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070609/BUSINESS/706090325/1046/rss03">not very keen</a> on his "buffer plan" around Yellowstone National Park for Brucellosis. <br />n<br />n<strong>The veterinary officials said the buffer plan, or regionalization, would be expensive and…
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Clean Yet
I see that with almost <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/06/08/news/state/25-brucellosis.txt">2000 head of cattle tested</a>, Montana is still holding on to its brucellosis free status by the its teeth. The worry continues that they will find another one testing positive but in the meantime life goes on.<br />n<br />nThis whole situation has really ignited the <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/06/09/news/state/30-bison.txt">Bison issue at…
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Definitions
I see the rest of the cattle tested around Bridger have all <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/05/29/news/state/15-bridger.txt">come up negative for Brucellosis</a>. Cattle producers in Montana keep dodging the bullet here which I am glad to see.<br />n<br />nI would like to point out how flexible the definition of good news can be. <a href="http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2007/05/29/finally-some-good-news/">Karen reports as good news</a>,…
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Ticks
I see there has been some <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/05/26/news/wyoming/70-tick.txt">cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever</a> down in Wyoming, just south and east of me. This doesn't surprise me with the number of ticks I have been seeing around here. <br />n<br />nI noticed when we were branding our calves that they had quite a few ticks on…
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High Stakes
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/05/25/news/local/45-testing.txt">High-stakes testing continues</a><br />n<br />nI really wish I had the ability to turn a phrase like this headline once in a while. The Brucellosis testing going on is high stakes for Montana cattlemen and is being watched closely by many people concerned with the issue.<br />n<br />nI've talked about the producers involved in Bridger…
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Second Herd Negative for Brucellosis
Well, the second herd of cattle near Emigrant <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/05/24/news/state/25-brucellosis.txt">tested all negative for Brucellosis</a>. This allows me to breathe a small sigh of relief. Small I say. They are still testing cattle around the affected herds in Bridger so we could still see problems there so a big sigh of relief is not applicable. <br…
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Gathering
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/branding05192007?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/branding05192007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The cattle streaming in towards the corral during my branding on Saturday. It made for quite a beautiful sight. The only problem was that the 8 wrestlers I hired failed to show up so the crew was a little short.…
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More Information
Updating the <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/2634-Seven-Montana-Cows-from-One-Herd-Have-Tested-Positive-for-Brucellosis.html">brucellosis story</a>, comes <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/05/19/news/state/20-brucellosis.txt">this story</a> which has some very interesting facts.<br />n<br />nThe cattle testing positive came originally from a herd near Emigrant which is located in Paradise Valley, South of Livingston. Paradise valley is a natural corridor for animals coming north out of Yellowstone Park.<br />n<br />nThe Governor Assures us…
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Seven Montana Cows from One Herd Have Tested Positive for Brucellos
Received via e-mail.<br />n<br />n<blockquote> Montana Cattlemen's Association<br />nMember Alert<br />nNews Release<br />nSeven Montana Cows from One Herd Have Tested Positive for Brucellosis<br />n<br />nGovernor Remains Committed to Brucellosis Free Status and Solutions in MT<br />n<br />n5/18/2007<br />nSarah Elliott<br />n406-444-9725<br />nselliott@mt.gov<br />n<br />n( HELENA ) – A cow shipped from Baker, MT tested positive for…
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Other Conclusions
I found <a href="http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=4850">this study</a> about Montana cattle and feed lots, interesting. I will sum up what it says and my comment on it.<br />n<br />n1.) Feed lot operators in the Midwest feed cattle enrolled in the <a href="http://mtbeefnetwork.org/">Montana Beef Network</a> too much, up to 1400lbs, and some are too fat at slaughter time at…