Lisa Shelton spots sick animals before full-blown illness sets in. The key to recovery, she says, is to identify these animals before they show signs of full-blown illness. So when calves stand off by themselves, act sluggish, drag their feet and get a dull look in their eyes, she and Williams put them in the sick pen and treat them. Queen says that respiratory vaccines don't seem as effective as they once were, making on-farm preconditioning more important. Queen encourages farmers to wean, vaccinate and start calves on feed programs before selling them.
People pay too much attention to price per pound.
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