From miscarriages in cow herds to respiratory disease and poor production in stocker calves, BVD wears many masks. Here’s exactly what BVD can do when you’re raising cattle.

Dear Dr. Bob: What is bovine viral diarrhea-mucosal disease (BVD-MD)? A: Bovine viral diarrhea (BVD), first described in1946, is a contagious, globally distributed, gastrointestinal and system-wide… ...

The obvious clinical sign of BVD in cattle is mucosal disease which shows itself as ulceration of the mucosal surfaces such as the mouth, throat and intestines. But this represents a small part of ...

Of the two types of BVD – a disease that causes significant economic losses to the cattle industry – UK farmers have been tackling type 1 for more than 50 years. See also: Tackle bovine viral ...

BVD is a complex disease that can cause serious outbreaks, death and great economic losses. The virus can live in almost every tissue of an infected animal's body, and. 1.

Many cattle producers consider BVD (Bovine Viral Diarrhea) as a stocker or feeder calf problem because of sickness and death the disease causes in young cattle. They fail to realize, ...

Jörn Gethmann et al. BVD-2 outbreak leads to high losses in cattle farms in Western Germany. Heliyon , 2015 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2015.e00019 Cite This Page : ...

Among the most insidious pathogens affecting cattle, the bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDv) stands out. Christmas in the Country. Sustainable Farming. Commodity Markets News. Magazines.

T he retention rate of BVD Positives has fallen considerably: at the start of March 2025, four herds had retained five BVD Positives for 28 days or longer. (The cut-off point after which herd ...

While on average herds were weaning between three and four extra calves a year – resulting in a total of 1500 to 2000 additional head of cattle per annum for the Orkney economy. Today, Orkney has 550 ...

A cattle disease that affected more than 5,000 cows, over 500 of which were killed, was probably spread by vets farmers and cattle traders in Germany, according to one of the first research ...