Udder Hygiene Tips That Won’t Stress Your Cow
One method to improve udder hygiene is removing udder hair, which can trap manure and debris and harbor bacteria that increase the risk of infection and elevated somatic cell counts.
Animal Welfare & Herd Health
Explore research-based management strategies to enhance Animal Welfare and Herd Health, recognizing the relationship between optimal animal care and the success of dairy business.
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Animal Welfare: Animal welfare aims to improve animal-human interactions, understand animals’ behavior needs, and improve the fit of animals with their environment.
Herd health: Herd health management involves preventing and managing common diseases in dairy cattle, to ensure well-being, productivity, and longevity of animals.
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Proteger el ganado lechero: Manejo Seguro de Agujas y Productos Veterinarios Inyectables
Maneja las inyecciones para animales con cuidado para evitar infecciones, lesiones y que el medicamento no funcione. Herramientas limpias y pasos inteligentes hacen una gran diferencia.
Protecting Dairy Cattle: Safe Handling of Needles and Injectable Veterinary Products
Handle animal injections safely to prevent infection, injury, and medicine failure. Clean tools and smart steps make a big difference.
Keeping Dairy Farm Workers Safe During Extreme Heat
Working on dairy farms during hot weather presents unique challenges. Heat exposure kills more people annually than floods, tornadoes, lightning, and hurricanes combined.
Manejo de los Pediluvios o Piletas Lavapatas
Los pediluvios o piletas lavapatas son la herramienta de manejo más utilizada para controlar la Dermatitis Digital (DD) en las granjas lecheras.
Los terneros también sufren estrés: lo que los productores lecheros necesitan saber
Al igual que nosotros, los terneros pueden experimentar estrés por diversos factores en sus primeras etapas de vida.
Calves Get Stressed Too: What Dairy Farmers Need to Know
Understanding stressors in calves is key for dairy farmers to keep their calves healthy and growing strong.
Balancing Ventilation Costs and Milk Production Losses on Wisconsin Dairy Farms
Effective ventilation management reduces the impacts of heat stress on milk production.
Managing Internal Parasites in Cattle
Deworming is beneficial for beef and dairy operations, provided it is done correctly with effective products. However, due to anthelmintic resistance, relying solely on dewormers is insufficient.
Lameness Risk Landscape
Not only does lameness affect a cow’s health and well-being, but it’s also costly to the farm’s bottom line. Lameness cases in the dairy herd impact reproduction, milk production, herd health, and longevity.
▶️ Watch: BLV is not PFAS it doesn’t have to last forever
Bovine leukosis infection in cattle, like PFAS chemicals, is almost universal in dairy herds. Yet, unlike PFAS, we don’t have to resign ourselves to living with it; we can take specific steps toward its control and elimination
▶️ Watch: Disease Basics An Overview of Bovine Leukemia Virus
The presentation provides an overview of Bovine Leukemia Virus (BLV) including the biology of the virus, impacts on cattle health and production, diagnostics, and control.