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.

BLV is not PFAS it doesn’t have to last forever [Video] ▶️

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

Disease Basics An Overview of Bovine Leukemia Virus [Video] ▶️

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.

From birth to strong steps: Understanding and managing knuckle over pasterns in calves

Calves born with knuckle over pasterns, also known as contracted tendons, present a unique challenge for dairy and beef producers.