It’s The Ranch It Up Radio Show! Join Jeff Tigger Erhardt, Rebecca Wanner AKA BEC and their crew as they talk about pre-weaning vaccination programs and rebates for those vaccines.  Plus updates on New World Screwworm, market reports, industry news, and lots more on this all new episode of The Ranch It Up Radio Show. Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcasting app or on the Ranch It Up Radio Show YouTube Channel.

Season 5, EPISODE 252

Vaccination programs are a critical part of herd management, knowing that there are dollars to be saved is GREAT news. Zoetis Animal Health is offering rebates in 2025 for common vaccines such as Draxxin and Draxxin KP as well as for Bovishield Gold. These rebates can add up fast in savings, don’t miss out on this opportunity to put money BACK in your pocket.

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This promotion is subject to the full set of terms and conditions found on the Zoetis Rebate Center.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the CDC confirmed the first human case in the U.S. of New World screwworm.

According to a Reuters report, the individual is a Maryland resident, and they contracted screwworm during a trip to El Salvador. The CDC confirmed the diagnosis on Aug. 4, as did the Maryland Department of Health. 

In a statement to Reuters, HHS Spokesman Andrew G. Nixon said "The Risk to public health in the U.S. from this introduction is very low."

In recent months, the U.S. government has taken considerable steps in protecting livestock from screwworm. Mid-July, USDA restarted its ban on Mexican livestock imports, and just last week, the agency announced a $750-million sterile fly production facility in Texas to combat the flesh-eating parasite's spread.

In Texas alone, USDA estimates a screwworm outbreak could cost the state $1.8 billion in livestock deaths and other costs.

Screwworms are parasitic flies whose females lay eggs in wounds on any warm-blooded animal. Once the eggs hatch, hundreds of screwworm larvae use their sharp mouths to burrow through living flesh, eventually killing their host if left untreated.

Livestock traders and beef producers have been on edge about the potential for cases in cattle as prices have already hit record highs because the U.S. cattle herd is at its smallest size in seven decades.

REFERENCES:

https://www.meatingplace.com/Industry/News/Details/120354

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/us-confirms-nations-first-travel-associated-human-screwworm-case-connected-2025-08-25/

Dr. Philip Kesterson, DVM – Zoetis Animal Health

Brett McCoy – Zoetis Animal Health

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Mark Vanzee – Livestock, Equine, & Auction Time Expert

Kirk Donsbach – Financial Analyst at StoneX

Shaye Wanner – Host of Casual Cattle Conversation

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