2. There is a good list of bovine topics listed at this website. Find the cattle lameness page and look under animal factors. Which breed of dairy cattle has a hard foot? What does the color of the foot have to do with lameness?
3. There is a comprehensive cattle lameness website located here. Go to the lameness tab on the left and check out the information. Also check out the farm technologies tab and look under cow shoes. What is a shoof? Also check here for information on hairy heel warts.
4. There is a vaccine for foot rot in cattle. You can get more information here. Go to the disease selector again and this time look under footrot. What other cattle disease condition does the foot rot vaccine help prevent?
5. A comprehensive slide show on dairy cattle lameness is located here. I recommend viewing the slide show.
6. Check out this website. From here you can link to a greeting card page and a disease page, among other things. Check out foot rot and blackleg by going to this link.
8. What is the suspected pathogenesis of typical sole ulcers in cattle? You may find the answer here. Is biotin important in hoof health in cattle?
9. There are some more references on herd lameness in cattle. One is found here.
10. Another source of reading material about cattle lameness can be found here. From here you can back up to the main NACFT website. You will find the humorous bull pictures located there among other things.
11. Check out the information on radial nerve paralysis and other types of paresis in cattle here.
What is the estimated blood loss per animal per day from an economic threshhold level of horn fly infestation? There are many interesting publications on this website that pertain to topics discussed in class.
13. Check the Merck Manual for a good article on calf diphtheria.
14. Here is an article about a unique method of vaccination.
15. Here is some information about Mannheimia and respiratory disease.
