Minnesota Dairy Health Conference

The 2003 Minnesota Dairy Health Conference is slated for May 21-22 at the Earle Brown Conference Center on the University of Minnesota-St. Paul campus.

Topics include salmonella in livestock, mycoplasma, forage and TMR testing, dairy welfare, tail docking, food safety, antibiotic use and more. Several pre-conference workshops on dairy feed system monitoring, mastitis control and animal health are scheduled for May 20.

For more information, contact the Veterinary Outreach Programs office at (800) 380-8636. Or, go to the Web site at: www.cvm.umn.edu/outreach

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