Minnesota Dairy Health Conference
The conference will be held May 22-24 in Bloomington, Minn. Early registration ends April 20.
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SCC management: Get back to the basics
A five-point plan established four decades ago is still applicable for managing mastitis in lactating and dry cows today.
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Teat disinfection facts
Post-milking teat disinfection is the topic of the latest installment in the Dairy eXtension Mastitis and Milk Management Weekly Series.
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Mycoplasma mastitis: Detection and testing
Mycoplasma mastitis is highly contagious. Rapid identification reduces the spread of infection among the lactating herd.
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What's on the horizon for mastitis detection?
Learn what new technology options may be the way of the future in mastitis detection.
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New antibiotic could make food safer and cows healthier
Food-borne diseases might soon have another warrior to contend with, thanks to a new molecule discovered by chemists at the University of Illinois. The new antibiotic, an analog of the widely used food preservative nisin, also has potential to be a boon to the dairy industry as a treatment for bovine mastitis.
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Educational materials in Spanish
A handful of dairy-specific publications are available from the Cooperative Extension System. Topics range from biosecurity to by-products in dairy heifer diets.
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Do more with your milk test records
Upcoming web seminars will show you how to use four customized spreadsheets from Penn State to analyze your dairy's test day data.
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Examine your milking system
The latest installment in the eXtension milking management and mastitis series looks at the relationship between the milking system equipment and mastitis.
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Canadian Bovine Mastitis Research Network
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.
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Make better mastitis treatment decisions
The latest installment in the eXtension Mastitis and Milk Management Weekly Series reviews scientific data that can be used to improve clinical mastitis therapy.
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