Herd Health

Recent research from the University of California – Davis offers further indication oral calcium supplementation may support increased milk production in addition to supplying the extra calcium needed to ward off subclinical hypocalcemia.

As we move forward as a society, the dairy industry will continue to have to justify the use of antibiotics on their operations.

Editor’s note: This is the first of two articles about managing the maternity area and newborn calves using a team approach. Click here to read the second article "Praiseworthy newborn calf specialists check these boxes".

Maternity is a classically overlooked and poorly understood area of the farm.

Hear from Dr. Dave Van Metre from Colorado State University on bovine foot rot and digital dermatitis. He covers some anatomy and explains why foot rot and digital dermatitis develop, as well as discusses ways to prevent and treat both conditions.

Frozen teats? Ouch. Elevated somatic cell counts and clinical mastitis? No, thank you. It’s time to prepare your milk quality program for winter.

For many years, it has been my passion to more fully understand and manage robotic milking systems. I have spent countless hours watching animal videos and staring at the computer screen looking at the data robotic systems provide. It has been close to an addiction.