Contagious mastitis is defined. The major mastitis pathogens are Streptococcus agalactiae,
Staphylococcus aureus, Corynebacterium bovis, Mycoplasma sp, and Streptococcus …

Calves are born and raised in a wide diversity of environments and housing conditions, all
of which affect the risk of neonatal enteric infectious disease. At one extreme are calves born …

Estimates of the frequency of endemic fetal loss range from 0.4 to 10.6%, a 26-fold difference,
in 26 studies of dairy herds over 5 decades. Sources of this difference include breed, …

A subpopulation of collie dogs is extremely sensitive to neurotoxicity induced by ivermectin.
The aim of this study was to determine the mechanistic basis for this phenomenon. The multi-…

The purposes of this study were to identify sources of Staphylococcus aureus on dairies and
to determine whether S. aureus colonization of heifer body sites increases the risk of S. …

Abstract Changes in milk production associated with occurrence of clinical diseases (dystocia,
stillbirth, twin births, milk fever, retained placenta, displaced abomasum, limping due to …

Objective To examine cross-reactivity among Neospora caninum and closely-related
apicomplexans. Design Sera from animals were examined for antibody production to N caninum …

… Besser TE, Gay CC. Colostral transfer of immunoglobulins to the calf. Vet Annu 1993;33:53-…
Besser TE, Gay CC. The importance of colostrum to the health of the neonatal calf. Vet Clin …

This study developed a method to partition the risk of mortality in dairy calves in the 1st 16
weeks of life. Observed population mortality and the relative risk of mortality in each serum …

The study objective was to identify probable sources and modes of transmission of 91
Staphylococcus aureus isolates obtained from the colostrum of 76 heifers at parturition. Sources …