While we have provided a snapshot of the research and data that supports the importance of our products on this website, we encourage you to study the below links to further your understanding how diagnostic testing can work to your operation’s advantage.
BVD
- Drovers Cattle Network, January 2016: Five Ways to Avoid Reproductive Diseases
- Beef Magazine, January 2014: Biosecurity And BVD – How To Avoid A Wreck
- Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, June 2015: Bovine viral diarrhea virus outbreak in a beef cow herd in South Dakota
- Beef Magazine, March 2015: Don’t let BVD steal your profit
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Beef Magazine, March 2015: Where BVD persistent infection is concerned, it only takes one
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Drovers, Jan. 2015: Eradicate BVD (on your ranch)
- Bovine Veterinarian, Nov. 2014: BVD: Biosecurity, vaccination and diagnostics
- Feedlot Magazine, Oct. 2104: Are persistently infected cattle in your herd?
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WikiVet, Modified, 2014: Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus – An Introduction
- APHIS, Dec. 2007: Bovine Viral Diarrhea – APHIS Info Sheet
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Cattle.com: Bovine Viral Diarrhea (BVD) – Disease Defined
- BVD Consult: Develop a cow-calf herd BVD Control Strategy
BLV
- Michigan State University: BLV in the USA
- Hoard’s Dairyman, May 2015: The silent bulk tank thief
- MSU Ext., Jan. 2015: How Common is the Uncommon Disease? (Part 1)
- MSU Ext., Jan. 2015: BLV – Undercutting the Foundation of Health (Part 2)
- MSU Ext., Jan. 2015: BLV – If That Wasn’t Enough! (Part 3)
- Beef Magazine, Oct. 2014: Bovine Lymphosarcoma: Few Cows Show Clinical Signs Of Cattle Disease
- WikiVet, 2012: Bovine Leukaemia Virus – Disease Defined
- The University of Vermont: Bovine Leukosis Virus – Disease Information
MASTITIS
- PennState Extension: PCR as a Diagnostic Tool for Mastitis: Weighing the Options
MILK/BLOOD PREGNANCY TESTS
- Progressive Dairyman: Darn it! I thought she was pregnant!
- Hereford.com: Pregnancy-Checking Made Simple
- Progressive Dairyman: Milk and blood pregnancy tests viable alternative
- IDEXX Labs: Introduction to the New IDEXX Milk Pregnancy Test
- IDEXX Labs: Bovine Pregnancy
JOHNE’S DISEASE
- Cattle.com: Johne’s Disease Information
- The Cattle Site: Cattle Disease Guide, Johne’s Disease
- Johnesdisease.org: Johne’s Q & A