Methods for assessing udder hygiene
The cleanliness of udders is one of the measures most highly correlated with mastitis risk and somatic cell counts. This paper presented at the annual NMC meeting by Dr. Nigel Cook from the UW vet...
View ArticleSlides for Milking Performance in Wisconsin
These are the slides from the presentaion on evaluating milking performance in WIsconsin that was part of the January 2008 Dairy Team Road Show. They are a supplement to the comanion paper. 08...
View ArticleTransition Cow Facility Design
Several dairy meetings around the state this winter have focused on the comfort of transition cow barns and how to design these facilities. The attached summary paper discusses the design process that...
View ArticleCommingling Dairy Cows: Pen Moves, Stocking Density, and Health.
As a followup to Dave Kammel’s post for Transition Cow Facility Design on Feb 8th, this posting discusses our findings from 17 years of clinical farm investigations for the School of Veterinary...
View ArticleRubber Floors for Dairy Facilities
Dairy producers have used rubber floors to improve cow comfort, hoof health, reproduction efficiency, increase milk production and reduce cull rates etc. Some have viewed rubber floors as expensive and...
View Article2008 WI Dairy Modernization Survey
Greetings, The paper summarizing the results of the 2008 Dairy Modernization Survey conducted by the UW-Extension Dairy Team has been posted on the Dairy Modernization webpage atÂ...
View ArticleBig Sand Stalls: Best Thing Ever or Bad Idea?
The dairy expansion era in North America, which gathered pace throughout the nineties and continues to this day, has resulted in the migration of dairy cattle from traditional tiestall and stanchion...
View ArticleWI Dairy Modernization Fact Sheet
A fact sheet summarizing the results of the Dairy Modernization Survey that was done on 99 WI farms in 2008 is now available at...
View ArticleCan Rubber Floors in Dairy Facilities Pay
This was the question posed by a Jefferson County milking parlor user group. The answer begins with "it all depnds". It depends on how good or bad conditions are now and what benefits can be attributed...
View ArticleRubber Floors Update
Just made a post about rubber floors for dairy facilites. Came to realize there was a post on the same subject on April 2, 2008 with a spreadsheet dated March 30, 2008. The spreadsheet posted on the...
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