A producer and a veterinarian in western Kansas recently called in the expertise from the Production Animal Field Investigation Unit with the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at Kansas State University to help solve the mystery surrounding deaths of several calves on a drought-stricken ranch.
Gregg Hanzlicek, director of the unit and a veterinarian in the diagnostic laboratory, said the local veterinarian had eliminated all contagious diseases as the cause of the deaths.
“We knew this area had been through two to three years of drought,” Hanzlicek said. “We found a well-managed herd, with the calves getting plenty of milk. But we did notice very little grass for the animals to graze on.” Read more…
