Evaluate teat condition
Maintenance of healthy teat skin and teat-ends is a key part of any effective mastitis program.
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Podcast delivers advice on dry cow therapy
The dry period is a time when cows are very susceptible to mastitis infections. Here is some advice to help you treat existing infections and prevent new ones.
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Video: How to improve your mastitis treatments
Didn't make it to World Dairy Expo this year? Here’s your second chance to take in a mastitis seminar presented there.
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Online dairy classes begin in January
"Advanced Dairy Nutrition" and "Milk Secretion and Mastitis" will be offered by the University of Illinois, beginning Jan. 28.
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Gram-negative mastitis: There's a treatment for that
Nearly 40 percent of mastitis infections on dairy operations are caused by Gram-negative mastitis. Research sheds new light on treatment protocols.
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Antibiotic Residue Prevention Manual available to dairy producers
The National Milk Producers Federation has released a revised version of its Milk and Dairy Beef Drug Residue Prevention Manual for 2013.
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Workshop for Hispanic milkers coming up
A Penn State Extension workshop scheduled for Nov. 6 in Reinholds, Pa., will focus on best milking practices, including proper stimulation, teat-end health and the essentials of milk let-down.
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Help for teat-condition problems
An installment in an udder health weekly series from the University of Wisconsin looks at effective treatments for teat-condition problems in commercial herds.
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Change needles for good BQA
Use this advice to maintain Beef Quality Assurance principles when vaccinating dairy cows and heifers.
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Mastitis management series debuts
Each episode in the series will focus on a particular mastitis pathogen, including treatment and control recommendations for decreasing its risk of infection in the herd.
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Plan for winter dairy udder health now
Heed this udder health management advice to help you avoid problems this winter.
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- AFBF president issues statement on U.S.-EU trade negotiations
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