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Disease Prevention Is Everything
Wild animals hide their diseases
Diseases become very advanced
Do antibiotics work in bison?
Treatment is disappointing
Components of Disease Prevention
Minimize Stress Adequate space: 300-
400 square feet
65-75 per group
Sort groups by size
Feed bulls & heifers separately
Don’t disturb social order
Larger animals in finishing penID & weighed on arrivalweighed again in 120 dayssorted into new groups by size
and genderrations change weigh again in 150 days
We’ve converted all fountains to this style aka “the jug”Extreme cold weather monitor for daily ice removalHot weather some concerns about adequate access
Controlling Parasites
External parasites
Lice, mites, & ticks rare
Dense hair coat
Internal Parasites
Reduce immunity
Decrease appetite
Geographic area
Summer worming - flushing6 to 8 weeks after green
grassuse oats or oat screening
pellots fed on the grass in 30 – 40 lb piles
Safeguard dewormer
Dose at 2x the cattle dose
Deliver the total dose over 3 days
Benefits: better health, body condition & conception rates
Components of Disease Prevention
Vaccinations for Bison Cows on Pasture ….. NONE
IBR-PI3-BVD-BRSV (killed)
Leptospirosis
Clostridium disease
Pink Eye
Anthrax
Malignant
Catarrhal
Fever
Ovine Herpes virus
Fatal to bison
Depression, bloody diarrhea & death in three days
Spread by aerosol, water & manure
Potpourri of energy & protein100 feet long, 40 feet wide, 5 feet high50 ground hay balespour 6000 gallons corn syrup100 ton modified wet distiller grains100 ton of corn silage
Feeding rate: 25 lbs/head2 to 3 times per week50% moistureInclude distillers mineral balancer to keep Ca: Phos ratio in balanceBe alert to over-conditioning cows