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This week, "On Call" Medical Editor Dr. Rick Holm visits with Dr. Judith Peterson from SoDak Rehab and Dr. Michael Puumala from Avera Neurosurgery about back pain. Back pain affects thousands of people across South Dakota, and one national study reports that, at some time in their life, eight out of ten people will suffer from back pain.

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For more information about On Call medical radio contact:

 

 

Tami Watson

Producer, "On Call"

AgBio Communications

SDSU

Ph: 605-688-5620

http://oncall.sdstate.org

 

This SDSU Extension Radio update brings a look at controlling annual weeds in pastures.
SDSU Extension Range Livestock Production Specialist, Eric Mousel discusses some of the ways ranchers can control annual weeds.

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For more information on this topic, please give Eric a call at 605-688-5455.

 

 

AgBIO COMMUNICATIONS UNIT

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY

 

For release: May 1, 2008

 

 

Eastern tent caterpillars reemerging in South Dakota

 

BROOKINGS, S.D. -Now is the best time to treat trees infested with eastern tent caterpillars.

 

That's according to South Dakota Cooperative Extension Entomologist Mike Cantangui, who says this nuisance insect rapidly defoliates trees. It also poses risks to pregnant horses.

 

Mike Catangui: "So mainly the insect in terms of its effect on trees, would be it's a defoliator, it's a nuisance, it can also irritate the skin of human beings, but new research from Kentucky shows that if pregnant horses inadvertently feed on eastern tent caterpillars, it could cause abortion on these pregnant mares." TRT(23 sec) MP3

 

Catangui: "The best time to be controlling them is when the larvae are small. The best product to use would be a spray, the so-called Bt, a spray, Bt stands for Bacillus thuringiensis, it's a spray that contains spores and a toxic protein of the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis.Examples of products with Bt in it would be SAFER Caterpillar Killer, Thuricide, Dipel, and if you're going to spray a wide area by air, there's a Bt for professionals called Foray. Again these are all Bt sprays, and they are very safe for humans beings, they are organic sprays and they work really well again while the caterpillars are just hatched from their egg stage." TRT(52 sec) MP3

 

South Dakota Cooperative Extension Veterinarian Russ Daly says research in Kentucky has led to the warning to horse owners. Pregnant mares should be kept away from vegetation infested with this insect.

 

Russ Daly: "What the gist of it was, is their finding, was that horses would actually inadvertently eat these caterpillars when they are out in the grass around the trees where they have their habitat, or in their feedstuffs, and the sharp, microscopic hairs or spines on these caterpillars would actually stick or attach to the inside of horse's intestine." TRT(24 sec) MP3

 

Daly: "All we can really say is we have not diagnosed specifically that Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome in South Dakota. But you would have to consider if the causative insect was around, the eastern tent caterpillar, we could certainly have instances where that could cause some reproductive losses in mares. TRT(31 sec) MP3

 

So I guess the message is you have the opportunity for these caterpillars around and you have pregnant horses around, it might be something to consider some interventions."

It's another reminder for us to pay attention to the surroundings our animals are in, especially pregnant mares. Probably a good reason to make sure those mares are supported nutritionally and kept in good shape otherwise." TRT(12 sec) MP3

 

Contact: Mike Catangui, (605) 688-4603

 

Contact: Russ Daly, (605) 688-6589

 

Author: Jarett Bies, (605) 688-4642

 

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Vaccinations and autism - is there a connection? Here's On Call Medical Editor Doctor Rick Holm with Doctor Tracy Pierret from Sanford Clinic Watertown with a discussion on this topic.

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For more information about On Call medical radio contact:

 

 

Tami Watson

Producer, "On Call"

AgBio Communications

SDSU

Ph: 605-688-5620

http://oncall.sdstate.org/

 

 On Call Medical Editor Doctor Rick Holm visits visit with Doctor Robert Allison from Pierre about tick bites.

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For more information about On Call medical radio contact:

 

Tami Watson

Producer, "On Call"

AgBio Communications

SDSU

Ph: 605-688-5620

http://oncall.sdstate.org

 

 

On Call Medical Editor Doctor Rick Holm visits with Doctor James Kerr from Springfield, South Dakota, about snake bites.

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For more information about On Call medical radio contact:

 

Tami Watson

Producer, "On Call"

AgBio Communications

SDSU

Ph: 605-688-5620

http://oncall.sdstate.org

 

 

 

This SDSU Extension Radio update brings a look at managing cattle grazing this Spring. We are talking with SDSU Extension Range Livestock Production Specialist, Eric Mousel.

Eric discusses the negative affects on the pasture if livestock are grazing to early. He also talks about when cattle should begin to graze to have no affect on the pasture yield.

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For more information on this topic please contact Eric at 605-688-5455.