You CANNOT Vaccinate Your Way to Health

You CANNOT Vaccinate Your Way to Health

WillWinterDVM@gmail.com With improved herd health in mind, I hold the following ten truths to be self-evident…  Vaccinations have allowed more and more animals with broken immune systems to live and breed.  Vaccine, when it works, only blocks one way to get sick.  It...
You CANNOT Vaccinate Your Way to Health

Fly Control

The hottest topic within the beef industry right now is fly control.   When confronted with a problem, most producers are quick to spend an inordinate amount of time, energy and money treating the symptoms – while they totally ignore the problem.   Folks, if we never...
You CANNOT Vaccinate Your Way to Health

Slantwise Logic

By Chip Hines ChipHines@outlook.com   If you are dousing your cattle with chemicals to control flies, all you are doing is decreasing your herd’s natural resistance.   This locks you into another chemical when resistance builds to the first chemical.   You are locked...
You CANNOT Vaccinate Your Way to Health

Quote Worth Re-Quoting

“Most people would rather fail conventionally than succeed unconventionally.   This is why 1% of the U.S. population earns 37% of the national income.   Following the crowd is not the way to achieve wealth.”   ~ Allan Nation
You CANNOT Vaccinate Your Way to Health

Things Are Looking Up (part 2)

Some of the thoughts I shared last week raised a few questions, so I decided to expand this discussion.   Since we have not seen a true bottom to a cattle cycle since 1996, many have forgotten how the cattle cycle works.   For the most part, the cattle cycle is based...