02 March 2020 02 Mar 2020

Volume 25 | Issue 2

ISSN (Print): 2053-0862

ISSN (Online): 2053-0870

The return of the mangelwurzel

To vets of a certain age the term mangelwurzel will stir memories of outrageous accents, country yokels and combine harvesters. But the mangelwurzel has a much longer history than a niche 1970s pop group. The mangelwurzel is a cultivar of Beta vulgaris, the common beet.

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Bovine respiratory disease — challenges and opportunities

Figure 1. Percentage of cows recovered by day for cows nursed ‘satisfactorily’ versus those nursed ‘unsatisfactorily’.

Clinical findings from 218 downer cow cases in dairy cows from Gippsland, Australia

Figure 1. Increased capacity for milk yield has a negative impact on reproductive success.

Milk production, fertility and the modern dairy cow

Cattle Review: March–April 2020

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Spring poisoning hazards

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Figure 2. Clinical signs associated with watery mouth disease; a) and b) two lambs with signs of increased salivation around the mouth; c) a lamb with right-sided abdominal distension associated with abdominal tympany.

Watery mouth disease in neonatal lambs: a systematic literature review

Figure 1. The structure of influenza virus, including the surface proteins haemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA), and the RNA genome.

The impact of swine influenza and how to control it on farm