http://www.dairyherd.com/dairy-resources/fresh-cow/health RSS Feed for Health en-us Thu, 17 May 2012 13:48:26 GMT http://www.dairyherd.com/dairy-resources/fresh-cow/health/Clinical-mastitis-video-available-151849775.html The video discusses causes of clinical mastitis and outlines monitoring and management strategies that you can use to reduce its occurrence. http://www.dairyherd.com/dairy-resources/fresh-cow/health/Use-on-farm-culturing-to-make-treatment-decisions-150877445.html 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. http://www.dairyherd.com/dairy-resources/fresh-cow/health/Milk-fat-variation-in-fresh-cows-148989895.html Changes in the concentration of milk fat in early-lactation cows can be a useful tool for assessing risk of ketosis. http://www.dairyherd.com/dairy-resources/fresh-cow/health/Minnesota-Dairy-Health-Conference-145707235.html The conference will be held May 22-24 in Bloomington, Minn. Early registration ends April 20. http://www.dairyherd.com/dairy-resources/fresh-cow/health/Controlled-energy-benefits-reproduction-144649465.html 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. http://www.dairyherd.com/dairy-resources/fresh-cow/health/Milk-fever-mystery-144637765.html 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. http://www.dairyherd.com/dairy-resources/fresh-cow/health/Mycoplasma-mastitis-143854976.html Mycoplasma mastitis is highly contagious. Rapid identification reduces the spread of infection among the lactating herd. http://www.dairyherd.com/dairy-resources/fresh-cow/health/Ketosis-study-yields-surprising-results-142967185.html You'd think treating fresh cows for ketosis would decrease culling risk, but it did the opposite in this study. http://www.dairyherd.com/dairy-resources/fresh-cow/health/Canadian-Bovine-Mastitis-Research-Network-141383263.html 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. http://www.dairyherd.com/dairy-resources/fresh-cow/health/Make-better-mastitis-treatment-decisions-141161633.html The latest installment in the eXtension Mastitis and Milk Management Weekly Series reviews scientific data that can be used to improve clinical mastitis therapy.