Bovine Science with BCI

Latest Episodes
Herd Health: Pregnancy Loss Factors
What causes 30-40% of pregnancies to not have a live calf? Dr. Bob Larson brings a research report article which summarizes a lot of information on pregnancy in beef cattle. Dr. Brad White and Dr. Lar
Tox Talk: Eight Found in a Field
After moving 700 pound stocker cattle to crop residue the producer found eight of them dead. What caused it, and can they put animals out there again? Find out on this episode of Tox Talk a Bovine Sci
Tox Talk: 14 Dead in Snow
This producer moves his cows out to cornstalks and the next day gets a big snow. When he goes to check on them the next day there are 14 dead. Dr. Scott Fritz and Dr. Brad White get to the bottom of t
Diving into Diets: Neonatal Diet
Dr. Phillip Lancaster brings us an article out of China that looks at what effects diet has on calves rumination and overall health. The study looks at calves with and without forage inclusion. They d
Herd Health: Open Cows
In this episode of Herd Health a Bovine Science podcast Dr. Bob Larson and Dr. Brad White breakdown open cows. They talk about how to figure out what causes a cow to not be pregnant. They also discuss
After the Abstract: Maternal Bovine Appeasing Substance
In this episode of Bovine Science Dr. Brian Lubbers brings a research paper requested by a listener. This paper published in the Journal of Animal Science is titled, Administering the maternal bovine
Tox Talk: 11 Lame Cows
As this producer gets ready for the snow they discover that 11 of their cows are lame. What caused it, and how can they keep the other 30 cows from going lame? Find out on this episode of Tox Talk a B
Herd Health: Mystery of Open Heifers
Dr. Bob Larson brings us another mysterious episode of Herd Health a Bovine Science podcast. In this episode we have 20% of a herd come up open. Dr. Brad White and Dr. Larson discuss how this happened
Diving into Diets: Patch Burning
This episode of Diving into Diets Dr. Phillip Lancaster brings a research paper which studies patch burning. They discuss how patch burning affects the nutrition value added for cattle. They also disc
After the Abstract: Liver Abscess Control
Dr. Brian Lubbers brings a great new research paper titled Use of a novel direct-fed microbial as an alternative for tylosin phosphate to control liver abscesses and decrease antimicrobial use in fin