The Original BVD-PI Testing Laboratory

BRD is not only one of the most frustrating parts of cattle health but also one of the costliest. BRD causes an estimated $800 million to...

There are many things we are being told that can limit the spread of COVID-19. A few examples would be washing or disinfecting your...

The density of a population determines how quickly a pathogen will spread between hosts. We noticed this with COVID-19, New York City had...

Vaccines are very efficient and critical components to the health of the world, as long as you use them correctly and know their...

If you test positive for COVID-19 would you go around to family gatherings? Or to this week’s cattle auction? Or would you stay home and...

It’s interesting to live in a world where a hidden assailant is lurking around waiting for its next victim. Even more interesting is that...

COVID-19 is very infectious. One person can infect 2.5 people (R2.5). To make it simple, we’ll say one person can infect two other people...

Political views aside, COVID has a major economic impact. We have all felt it personally. Today I want to compare this economic impact to...

We have learned a lot from COVID since it was first noticed in December. One puzzling thing is that some people can have it but be...

In the news we have heard time and time again that you need to social distance in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19. This is true,...

It is easy to get caught up chasing that single cure-all for health problems. The reality is that it takes a combination of good choices...

All of this coronavirus scare has us remembering a bad BVD break at Nortex Feedyard in 2008. There were two different strains isolated in...

The Texas Animal Health Commission announced in December of 2019 that it has adopted a new rule to help mitigate the risk of BVD. This...

There are many labs across the country that will pool samples, or offer to pool samples together in order to decrease the cost of...

One of our clients wants to feed their PI calves and had some questions about the best "PI Feeding Practices." This sparked an internal...

What do you do with a PI calf? This is a difficult question to answer but the first thing you need to do is quarantine the animal. In a...

So how do so few cause such a major problem? The key to understanding this comes down to two factors. The first is knowing the amount of...

The best way to combat the ramifications of BVD is to understand the virus, how it affects you and the warning signs. Most people believe...

We always think we have seen it all, but occasionally something will come along that makes us scratch our head and say "huh." Case in...