During the first 30 days of lactation, cows are at high risk for both infectious and metabolic disease issues such as hypocalcemia, ketosis, retained placenta (RP), metritis and abomasum displacement (DA).

Effective managers have a variety of ways of making good things happen through people. The specific style may vary by individual, but in general, there are a few important characteristics of successful dairy management. First, successful dairy management should be based on biologically and economically sound principles that will take advantage of proven strategies.