The Beef Cattle Health and Nutrition Podcast

Dr. Chris Clark is my guest this week.  Dr. Clark is an internal medicine clinician in large animals who also serves as the Associate Dean at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine.  We have a short conversation on the agriculturally focused seats at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine and then take a deep dive into some of the causes of sudden death in cattle.  We also discuss the importance of getting a post-mortem diagnosis when deaths do occur in your herd.

00:00 – 1:25   Welcome and Introductions 

01:26 – 06:04   Agriculturally focused seats at WCVM

06:05- 08:23  Definition of Sudden death

08:24 -  13:42  Infectious causes of Sudden death in cattle – Clostridial Diseases(Blackleg)

13:43 -  23:33  Infectious causes of Sudden death in cattle – Anthrax

23:34 – 28:04  Traumatic causes of sudden death (Lightning)

28:05 – 34:27  Nutritional causes of sudden death (Bloat)

34:28 – 36:25  Other nutritional causes of sudden death (Lead toxicity, Blue green algae, white muscle disease, monensin toxicity, water deprivation, magnesium deficiency)

36:26 - 38:25  White muscle disease

38:26 – 41:45 The importance of a post-mortem diagnosis

41:46 - 42:30 Wrap up