Bovine Science with BCI

Feb 03 2025 100 ep. 21 mins 12
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Listen to veterinary professionals from the Beef Cattle Institute at Kansas State University talk about a variety of topics within cattle health, nutrition, reproduction, and science. New episodes of Bovine Science with BCI are posted each Monday.

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Diving into Diets: Patch Burning

Feb 03 2025 22 mins  
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 discuss what this would mean for the future of grazing cattle. Article Discussed: Improving forage nutritive value and livestock performance with spatially-patchy prescribed fire… Contin

After the Abstract: Liver Abscess Control

Jan 27 2025 21 mins  
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 finishing beef steers”. In this episode Dr. Lubbers and Dr. Brad White dissect this paper and evaluate it’s implications. Thanks for listening! Link to… Continue reading After the

Herd Health: Case Study on Open Cows

Jan 20 2025 25 mins  
In this mysterious episode of Herd Health Dr. Bob Larson brings in a case study with replacement heifers coming up 65% open. Find out how they got to the bottom of this case as well as what you may do if you find yourself in a similar situation. Thanks for listening and enjoy the episode!

After the Abstract: Hemotropic Mycoplasma

Jan 13 2025 26 mins  
Dr. Brian Lubbers is back with another research article from the Journal of Dairy Science. This research looks at prevalence of hemotropic mycoplasma in heifers on Michigan farms. Dr. Lubbers and Dr. White break down this paper and discuss how it may be applied to beef cattle in Kansas. Article Discussed: https://www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S0022-0302(24)00504-6/fulltext

Herd Health: Ultrasound Technology

Jan 06 2025 16 mins  
In this episode of Herd Health Dr. Bob Larson brings an article studying Doppler ultrasounds on cattle. Dr. Brad White and Dr. Larson discuss what this technology could mean for the future of analyzing cows. Thanks for tuning in and enjoy the episode! Article Discussed: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/animalscience/articles/10.3389/fanim.2022.912854/full

Diving into Diets: Reducing Methane

Dec 30 2024 21 mins  
In this episode Dr. Phillip Lancaster and Dr. Brad White are talking about methane emissions. Dr. Lancaster also brings an article out of Australia which looks at adjusting grazing systems to reduce the methane in the cow-calf sector. Thank you for listening and enjoy the show!

Tox Talk: Death in a Dry Lot

Dec 23 2024 20 mins  
In order to gain some weight 16 cows are put in a dry lot on feed, one morning the producer sees they haven’t eaten and the next morning 8 of them are dead. Dr. Scott Fritz and Dr. Brad White get to the bottom of this case in this edition of Tox Talk: a Bovine… Continue reading Tox Talk: Death in a Dry Lot

Herd Health: Bull Fertility

Dec 16 2024 19 mins  
This episode of Herd Health a Bovine Science podcast with BCI our hosts discuss research on bull fertility. Dr. Bob Larson and Dr. Brad White dive into a paper from Assumpção and Hamilton. This research evaluates bull sperm to analyze what amount of bulls pass the BSE but end up being infertile. Article Discused: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anireprosci.2024.107656

After the Abstract: Neurologic Case Report

Dec 09 2024 21 mins  
In this episode of After the Abstract Dr. Brian Lubbers and Dr. Brad White go over a case report to see how practitioners are diagnosing neurologic disease. The experts will examine the article to see what they found and what this could mean for bovine practitioners. Thanks for listening and enjoy the episode! Link to… Continue reading After the Abstract: Neurologic Case Report

Diving into Diets: Vitamin A

Dec 02 2024 19 mins  
In this episode of Diving into Diets a Bovine Science Podcast Dr. White and Dr. Lancaster look at a research paper about the guidelines for supplementing vitamin A. This research answers some questions about vitamin A in cattle but also raises some new ones for our hosts. Thanks for listening! Link to Article: https://www.appliedanimalscience.org/article/S2590-2865(24)00094-6/fullt