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Tyler Dockendorf plays a vital role in his family’s 130-cow robotic milking operation.
Find out the five things he can’t do without when it comes to hoof health in the herd.
Best management practices allow all the good things for the baby calf that keep her properly nourished and comfortable as she grows from heifer into her first lactation. We like to think these include automatically good feet and legs that will walk right into the fresh cow group ready to create farm profit.
In a 2011 article, “Foot rot in dairy cows,” I explained what foot rot is and briefly mentioned the different hoof problems that could be misdiagnosed as foot rot.
Lameness seems to be on the rise, and misdiagnosing a problem can often cause a lot of unnecessary grief and expense.
Mastitis is generally classified as clinical or subclinical depending on the degree of inflammation in the mammary gland.
Bacterial infections are the most common causes of inflammation of the mammary gland.
Clinical mastitis is characterized by visible abnormalities in the milk or the udder.
Editor's note: South Dakota State University's Alvaro Garcia sent out the following information to the DAIRY-L list serv on Monday, May 13, 2013.
This was sent as a heads-up for producers in the upper Midwest about temperatures for May 14.
The heat that day and the following was preceded by unusually cool days and nights, and cows did not have the chance to acclimate.
The importance of successfully transitioning dairy cows from pregnancy to lactation has been well documented. With more than 50 percent of periparturient cows experiencing hypocalcemia, dairy experts remind producers about the importance of diet management to optimize health and lactation performance.
I meet very few people that enjoy change and more that actually resist it. Not sure why that is, as in my years of being a veterinarian, I have had minimal impact on the changes that continue to impact the dairy industry.
In the wake of published studies speaking to efficacy of intramammary treatments for gram-negative clinical mastitis, namely a five-day ceftiofur treatment option, experts weigh in on the pros and cons, specifically, of the five-day treatment plan.
Editor’s note: The following article is the first in a series of articles regarding current heat stress research and heat abatement techniques.
Winter in Minnesota, as usual, was very cold this year, especially in January. On one especially frigid day, the wind chill was -35ºF.
Respiratory disease in calves continues to be an issue dairy producers across the country are dealing with.
According to the National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) Dairy 2007 study, respiratory disease was the second leading cause of death in unweaned heifers and the single-largest cause of weaned heifer deaths. And, more often than not, poor ventilation is the root cause of the respiratory issue.
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