animal health



Cattle feedlot (K-State Research and Extension)

Growth implants’ effect on efficiency

  • By Chevy-Lynn Vaske │ K-State Extension news service
The founding members of Oklahoma State University’s Beef Center of Excellence Advisory Board met on campus for an interactive day of learning, meeting faculty and students, and planning for the future of the center. (Photo by Mitchell Alcala, OSU Agriculture)
Photo of an adult female Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis, on a blade of grass. (Photo courtesy James Gathany via the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.)

Cattle producers urged to be on the lookout for tick disease

  • By Dan Donnert │ K-State Extension news service
Kansas Department of Agriculture
Registered Holstein cows on a dairy farm. (Adobe Stock │ #366848799 - Bob)

Researchers develop promising new vaccine against bird flu

  • By Deann Gayman | University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension
Dr. Richard Prather, DVM. (Photo courtesy Oklahoma State University.)
Turkey vulture. (iStock-#91047801 │ jeminijoseph)

Turkey vultures are back in Kansas