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Clinical mastitis video available

05/17/2012 5:54:07 AM

The video discusses causes of clinical mastitis and outlines monitoring and management strategies that you can use to reduce its occurrence. ... Full story.

Use on-farm culturing to make treatment decisions

05/09/2012 9:15:05 PM

Administering antibiotics to all cases of clinical mastitis is not always necessary, and can result in unnecessary dumping of milk and economic loss. Let on-farm culturing results be your guide to better treatment decisions. ... Full story.

Monitor milk fat of fresh cows

04/25/2012 10:52:33 PM

Changes in the concentration of milk fat in early-lactation cows can be a useful tool for assessing risk of ketosis. ... Full story.

Minnesota Dairy Health Conference

04/01/2012 9:14:54 PM

The conference will be held May 22-24 in Bloomington, Minn. Early registration ends April 20. ... Full story.

Controlled energy benefits reproduction

03/28/2012 11:07:20 AM

Cows fed controlled energy during the close-up dry period had a shorter interval between calving and pregnancy, according to new research from the University of Illinois. ... Full story.

Milk fever mystery

03/28/2012 10:14:29 AM

A sudden rise in milk fever cases on one New York farm had farm staff perplexed. Find out what they think caused the problem and how they corrected it. ... Full story.

Mycoplasma mastitis: Detection and testing

03/22/2012 1:52:24 PM

Mycoplasma mastitis is highly contagious. Rapid identification reduces the spread of infection among the lactating herd. ... Full story.

Ketosis study yields surprising results

03/16/2012 2:30:43 PM

You'd think treating fresh cows for ketosis would decrease culling risk, but it did the opposite in this study. ... Full story.

Canadian Bovine Mastitis Research Network

03/04/2012 9:16:47 PM

The web site provides the dairy industry with new tools and knowledge to improve udder health and milk quality, as well as to reduce the significant economic losses due to mastitis. ... Full story.

Make better mastitis treatment decisions

03/02/2012 6:06:56 AM

The latest installment in the eXtension Mastitis and Milk Management Weekly Series reviews scientific data that can be used to improve clinical mastitis therapy. ... Full story.

Podcast offers advice on DCAD feeding

03/01/2012 8:37:38 PM

Learn more about the dietary cation-anion difference of pre-fresh diets and its role in milk fever prevention. ... Full story.

Study: Subclinical milk fever linked to metritis

02/21/2012 2:07:35 PM

Fresh cows with subclinical hypocalcemia had an increased incidence of metritis compared to cows with normal blood calcium levels. ... Full story.

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