Whittier, W. DeeCurrin, John F.2014-11-052014-11-052005-09-01http://hdl.handle.net/10919/50737Losses caused by disease represent a major obstacle to the profitability of many cow/calf beef operations. It is widely agreed that prevention rather than treatment is the most economical approach to keeping disease losses low.6 pagesapplication/pdfenIn CopyrightVirginia Cooperative Extension materials are available for public use, re-print, or citation without further permission, provided the use includes credit to the author and to Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, and Virginia State University.Beef cattleVeterinary medicineBeef cattle -- HealthCalves -- HealthBeef cattle -- Cow-calf systemExtension publicationhttp://pubs.ext.vt.edu/400/400-007/400-007_pdf.pdfBeef cattleCalvesAnimal husbandry