The 2020 calving season has brought forth some unexplained calf abortions or deaths. NDSU Veterinary Diagnostics Lab director Brett Webb says those issue can often be linked back to nutritional deficiencies. “There’s a pretty good association with Vitamin A deficiencies, pregnancy loss and birth of poorly viable calves.” The lab is seeing an increased amount of feed being tested due to quality issues in forages and crops this past growing season. “We have seen quite a bit of corn and other grain coming through (the lab),” says Webb. “For the most part, the corn has been clean and haven’t seen a whole lot of mycotoxins.” Webb has more in this RRFN interview.