By Donald Stotts  STILLWATER, Okla. – Oklahoma’s unusually mild summer is heating up and drying out, bringing with it the need to watch for signs of summer pneumonia in adult dairy cows.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service research indicated pneumonia is responsible for 11% of all deaths in adult dairy cows, said Dr. Barry Whitworth, Oklahoma State University Extension veterinarian and food animal quality and health specialist.  “Say ‘summer pneumonia’ and…

Karla H. Wilke, UNL Cow/Calf Systems and Stocker Management Feeding, management, and marketing needs to be evaluated prior to weaning so the best options as well as best management practices are selected. Photo credit Troy Walz. Listen to a discussion of the content in this article on this episode of the BeefWatch podcast. You can subscribe to new episodes in iTunes or paste http://feeds.feedburner.com/unlbeefwatch into your podcast app. Early weaning is typically defined as weaning before calves are…