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Dairy Basics - Herd Health: Featured article
Mycoplasma is a tiny bacterium that can cause mastitis, metritis, pneumonia, drooped ears, and lameness in dairy cattle. While this bacterium has existed for more than 100 years, the current disease was first recognized in the 1960s and 1970s, and has only recently become a problem in Virginia. There has been a steady rise in the frequency and severity of disease associated with Mycoplasma in the last ten years. Mycoplasma is a highly contagious disease that can have devastating economic effects...
Mycoplasma is a tiny bacterium that can cause mastitis, metritis, pneumonia, drooped ears, and lameness in dairy cattle. There has been a steady rise in the frequency and severity of disease associated with Mycoplasma in the last ten years.
Mycoplasma is a tiny bacterium that can cause mastitis, metritis, pneumonia, drooped ears, and lameness in dairy cattle. While this bacterium has existed for more than 100 years, the current disease was first recognized in the 1960s and 1970s, and has only recently become a problem in Virginia. There has been a steady rise in the frequency and severity of disease associated with Mycoplasma in the last ten years. Mycoplasma is a highly contagious disease that can have devastating economic effects...
Calving - Herd Health
The calving pen is one of the most strategic locations on the farm. The four objectives of good calving pen management include: comfort and low stress for the dam, low health risk to dam and calf, opportunity for seclusion by dam, and, convenience for people working with the cow and calf.
Calf Health - Herd Health
Calf raisers are responsible for the dairy herd's future - the next generation of healthy, high producing milking cows. The Wisconsin Herd Health Working Group has set out the 5 C's to a healthy start for newborn calves as: Colostrum, Calories, Cleanliness, Comfort and Consistency.
Heifer Health - Herd Health
How many dairy producers know how much their heifers weigh at birth, weaning, breeding, and calving? In too many herds the first time that a weight is recorded is when a heifer calves.
Metabolic Disease - Herd Health
Subacute ruminal acidosis (SARA) is a common problem for many North American dairy herds, affecting 20 to 30 percent of cows in high-producing dairy herds.
Udder health - Herd Health
Milk quality is dependent on three key areas: the milking routine, the cows and their environment, and the milking equipment. A common reason why many milk quality programs fail is due to the neglect to look at all three areas together.
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