Beef Herd Health Management Calendar
Floron C. Faries, Jr. - Extension Veterinarian Emeritis, RIP Buddy (09/11/2018)
Wayne H. Thompson - Extension Program Specialist, Retired
Texas AgriLife Extension Service
Contents

Post-Calving

Go to Period 4. Pre-Breeding 
(1 to 3 months prior to breeding/turning in bulls)Go to Period 6. Breeding

Nursing calves

(2 to 4 months of age)
  1. Physical Exams
    (behavior, growth)
  2. Nutritional evaluations
    (milk, grass, feed intake)
  3. Vaccinate
    (1st 5-way Lepto, 1st 7-way Clostridia, Intranasal Live IBR)
    - minimum vaccines
  4. Growth implant
  5. Identification
    (brand)
  6. Strategic worm control evaluations
  7. Strategic fly control evaluations

Cows

  1. Physical Exams
    (body condition, udder, feet, teeth, eyes)
  2. Nutritional evaluations
    (protein, energy, minerals, soil test results)
  3. Strategic worm control evaluations
  4. Strategic fly control evaluations
  5. Estrous synchronization, artificial insemination