WSU Announces the Voluntary BVD Control and Eradication Project (BVDCEP)
The BVD Control and Eradication Project (BVDCEP) is a joint effort of WSU Extension, Vet Clinical Sciences, Animal Sciences and the Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Lab (WADDL) funded through WSU Extension’s Issue-focused Teams Initiative. Working with herd veterinarians the program will facilitate implementation of infectious disease control Best Management Practices and subsidized herd testing for BVDV persistently infected animals to control and ultimately eradicate BVDV from Washington’s cow-calf herds. This effort will include research components: one coordinated by Dr. Holly Neibergs (Animal Sciences) to identify genetic regions that result in resistance to BVD, as well as an economic study led by Dr. Shannon Neibergs (WSU Extension, School of Economic Sciences) to determine the cost of BVD to the cattle industry.
Herds need to be enrolled and tested before next breeding season! For more information contact:
Dr. John Wenz (509)335-0773
Email- BVDCEP@vetmed.wsu.edu
or go online: www.vetmed.wsu.edu/BVDCEP