| Show good care and feeding thwarts shipping fever greater protection during shipment and careful management immediately after live stock arrives on the farm will lighten losses from shipping fever says dr W L boyd missouri university farm veterinarian en route to the farm either by truck or train live stock is subject to many hazards irregular irre guIar feeding and watering and bad weather among them this applies especially to young stock which may suffer serious loss in vitality regular feeding and watering plus protection against the weather will make the stock less likely to contact the fever care and feeding of the animals once they are on the farm is the tha second important ounce of prevention ven tion feed them a balanced ration and dont attempt to get them on full feed too soon cautions doctor boyd the use of vaccines and serums for the prevention and cure of shipping fever should be attempted only by trained veterinarians to expect favorable results from vaccines they should be administered soon after the animals arrive |
