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Looking for the show-stopping, fancy kind? Then AltaAMAZING is just what you’re looking for! After the most recent proof round, AltaAMAZING secured the number one position on the US PTAT list.
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May 9th 2012
The 15-year-old Canadian cow Gilette E Smurf EX-91, sired by AltaEMPEROR, has become the world's highest producing dairy cow ever.
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Mycoplasma bovis is a common problem in calves, contributing to pneumonia, the classic ear infections with dropped ears, and joint infections. Whenever a herd has cows diagnosed with Mycoplasma, the calves are considered to be at-risk too. And, just as important, any time a calf is diagnosed with a positive culture for Mycoplasma, at the very least bulk tank screening should be done because the cows are often the source of the infection in the calf.
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Dairy Basics
Performance based financial incentives are used in many industries to motivate employees to a higher level of performance. For example, most sales professionals are compensated, at least partly, with commissions thus their sales success greatly influences their earnings-but could a similar incentive for breeders motivate them to a higher level of performance?
