You may not want to think about an abscess in your steak, but you absolutely need to be able to identify one because no, you ...

MANHATTAN, KAN. - It's a pretty safe bet you won't hear this request from your kids: "More liver, please." If by chance you do, they'll be no shortage of the iron-rich delicacy most kids love to hate, ...

Salmonella is one of the leading causes of foodborne illnesses in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and can spread to people from a variety of foods, ...

Undetectable diseases are hard to cure. You can’t look at a pen of feedyard cattle and know which ones have liver abscesses. Even technologies like ultrasound or blood tests don’t uncover it. “It’s ...

Cattle eating a mixture of antibiotic-free corn and hay at Corrin Farms, near Neola, Iowa. Their meat is sold by Niman Ranch. (Dan Charles/NPR) If you ate a hamburger today, or a high-priced steak, ...

Direct-fed microbials offer animal health and performance benefits, but a study showed tradeoffs in outcomes between yeast ...

Undetectable diseases are hard to cure. You can’t look at a pen of feedyard cattle and know which ones have liver abscesses. Even technologies like ultrasound or blood tests don’t uncover it. “It’s ...

Last week, Vet Perspective carried an article on swellings called hernias. The topic elicited a lot of feedback from readers and that is why we will discuss other conditions that cause swellings in ...

To effectively prevent liver abscesses in cattle, it is crucial to gain a complete understanding of the development of this condition and the bacteria responsible for causing the infection.

A new divisional patent issued to researchers at Kansas State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine could help lead cattle producers to a path of least resistance by providing a nonantibiotic ...