OTHER ANALYSES | BLOOD | MILK |
---|---|---|
Leukosis | ✔ | ✔ |
Neospora | ✔ | |
Salmonella Dublin | ✔ | ✔ |
It’s time we recognize the impact BLV can have on a herd.
Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) is the cause of enzootic bovine leukosis, which is a noncurable, progressive disease that affects cattle in almost all U.S. dairy herds. The virus infects white blood cells and can be transmitted by transfer of blood and...
Neospora caninum is an apicomplexan protozoan that was first recognized in dogs in Norway (1) in 1984. In 1988, a new protozoan species, N. caninum, was proposed under a new...
What is it and how do we control it?
Salmonella dublin is a multi-drug-resistant bacterial disease that has become an emerging threat in Canada. Historically, it has been found in the U.S. and sporadically in Alberta, but cases of Salmonella dublin have been recently found in both Ontario and Quebec...