Podcast focuses on evaporative cooling
Have you forgotten the magic of putting water over cows' backs to keep them cool? A recent podcast takes a second look at the benefits of this cooling strategy.
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Help for treating milk fever
A new podcast addresses treatment and prevention options for this economically important fresh-cow health problem.
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Early season forage supplies
What are the different options to increase early forage produced on your operation? Your approach and priorities will depend on whether you need forage for lactating cows, dry cows, growing heifers or bred heifers.
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Stall base fact sheet available
Choices for free-stall or tie-stall bases are plentiful, but
how do you know which one to choose? A new University of Kentucky fact sheet looks at the options.
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Podcast covers causes of milk fever
Many of the clinical signs of milk fever are related to the lack of adequate calcium in the blood that allows for proper muscle function. Here is a look at the resulting stages of hypocalcemia.
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Heat stress season is coming
Are your lactating and dry cows ready? Here are some feeding and management practices to help you control the impact of heat stress on your cows.
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Klebsiella fact sheet
Klebsiella is the second most common Gram-negative pathogen in clinical mastitis cases. It also is the subject of a new fact sheet from the University of Wisconsin Milk Quality team.
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Get ready for summer heat stress now
Here are several things you can do now to help avoid summer slump in milk production.
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Cool new ways to really listen to your cows
New precision dairy technologies, such as rumination/activity or rumination/activity/temperature sensors, can help you listen to your cows 24 hours a day, even in the middle of the night when nobody is around.
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PDPW Transition Cow workshop
Learn how to help transition cows manage through physiological, metabolic and nutritional changes at upcoming workshop on Apr. 9.
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New website from University of Illinois Dairy Focus Lab
The website is intended to serve as a tool for communicating with the dairy industry and the community at large. It will be in English and Spanish.
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