Bovine respiratory disease chute-side scoring round (Wisconsin chart) — Ithaca, NY.

Ithaca, NY is home to Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine, confirmed via WebFetch to Wikipedia: a real food-animal-focused veterinary college with direct access to numerous dairy farms in upstate New York and its own Nemo Farm Animal Hospital treating bovine cases. The American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) -- the national professional society for exactly this field, BRD scoring and cattle veterinary practice -- was founded in 1965 by Dr. Lyle Baker, a Cornell veterinary faculty member, per AABP's own Wikipedia page. HONESTY LIMIT stated directly: this connects to AABP's real, verified founding institution, not a confirmed AABP administrative headquarters (Wikipedia does not name one). A genuinely distinct real institution from this library's existing Madison (the chart's own origin), Manhattan (K-State Beef Cattle Institute), Canyon (VERO), and Thousand Oaks (SAGE, the validation citation's journal publisher) tiles -- Ithaca connects to the national professional body for this exact veterinary specialty.

Where

On-farm / Ithaca, NY (dairy and beef calf operations) · Open the map

Pay

$175 proposed

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Proof

A dated chute-side round scoring all 5 WCHSC categories (rectal temperature, cough, nasal discharge, eye score, ear score) per calf, summed to a total score, any calf scoring >=5 flagged BRD-positive for a veterinarian, and any calf with concerning signs (depression, reduced nursing/feed intake, isolation) flagged for a veterinary look regardless of the numeric score

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Level

skilled

Open until

2026-10-19

Posted by

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How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.

Bring

• A digital rectal thermometer
• A calm handling chute or headgate for safe, controlled examination
• A recording sheet or app with the 5 WCHSC categories, animal ID, and total-score field

Steps

1. 1. Restrain the calf calmly in a chute or headgate; approach quietly to avoid stress that can transiently elevate temperature or respiratory rate.
2. 2. Take a rectal temperature and score 0-3 per the WCHSC bands (0 = normal, rising scores for progressively higher fever).
3. 3. Observe and score cough 0-3 (0 = none, 3 = spontaneous repeated coughing).
4. 4. Observe and score nasal discharge 0-3 (0 = none, 3 = copious mucopurulent discharge).
5. 5. Observe and score eye appearance 0-3 (0 = normal, 3 = heavy ocular discharge or eyelids partially closed from illness).
6. 6. Observe ear/head carriage and score 0-3 (0 = normal, 3 = drooping ear or head tilt).
7. 7. Sum all 5 category scores to a total; a total of 5 or more flags the calf BRD-positive per the validated threshold.
8. 8. Regardless of the numeric total, flag any calf showing depression, reduced nursing/feed intake, or isolation from the group for a veterinary look -- the system's real sensitivity (71.1% disease-level) means roughly 1 in 4 true BRD cases score below the threshold.
9. 9. Route any BRD-positive or otherwise-flagged calf to a veterinarian for diagnosis and treatment; log the full round (all scored calves, category scores, total, date) for trend tracking.

What counts as done

• All 5 WCHSC categories scored 0-3 per calf (rectal temperature, cough, nasal discharge, eye score, ear score), never estimated or skipped
• Total score computed and recorded per calf, dated, with animal ID
• Any calf with a total score >=5 flagged BRD-positive and routed to a veterinarian for diagnosis and treatment
• Any calf showing depression, reduced nursing/feed intake, or isolation from the group flagged for a veterinary look regardless of the numeric total, per the standard's stated sensitivity limit

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.