Managing pestivirus in cattle

By Nigel Gillan
Updated February 16 2017 - 9:45am, first published 9:36am
With strong cattle prices, losing calves due to Pestivirus can be costly. Photo: Brett Littler
With strong cattle prices, losing calves due to Pestivirus can be costly. Photo: Brett Littler

A couple of weeks ago we looked at the way Pestivirus carriers (“PIs”) are created, and the sorts of health issues they can have. But although PIs are often poorly doing animals, they aren’t really the biggest source of Pestivirus production loss. It’s the reproductive effects of Pestivirus which can be much more serious.

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