Sessions Tagged With 'animal health'

Environmental management and biosecurity are strongly linked; those who advise the livestock and poultry industry on environmental issues are positioned to not only understand their role in biosecurity, but to also better incorporate biosecurity advice into their...

Presenter: Dr. Geof Smith, North Carolina State UniversityYour calves are the future of your dairy, so isn’t it important to keep them healthy? In this webinar, Dr. Smith will discuss best practices for preventing diseases in calves. As disease in calves is controlled...

Presented by: Dr. Jessica McArt, Cornell UniversityIn this webinar, Dr. McArt will briefly review the physiology of hyperketonemia development as well as β-hydroxybutyrate concentration cut points to use in treatment decision making. Dr. McArt will discuss common treatments,...

Presented by: Dr. Gary, Oetzel, University of Wisconsin-MadisonKetosis is the most common metabolic disease in dairy cattle, and it's important to be able to identify individual cows with ketosis as well as monitor herd prevalence. Join us on January 5th to hear Dr. Oetzel...

Presenter: Dr. Ray Sweeney, University of PennsylvaniaDuring this presentation. Dr. Ray Sweeney will discuss some of the big questions you may have about bovine leukosis virus. If you've been wondering about BLV, join us on October 14th to learn all about it! The ...

The space a dairy cow lives in can have a significant influence on her health and performance. This webinar will investigate dairy housing features that can influence cow comfort, methods to evaluate critical areas, and suggestions for improving those areas.

Dr. Garret Oetzel, Professor at University of Wisconsin-MadisonDr. Oetzel will cover methods for both prevention and control of subclinical hypocalcemia.

Dr. Jess Goff, Professor of Biomedical Sciences at Iowa State UniversityIn this session, Dr. Goff will define subclinical hypocalcemia and its causes. He will also discuss the implications of subclinical hypocalcemia on cow health, with some emphasis on immune suppression.

Vaccines are a vital part of maintaining the health and well-being of a dairy herd, but have you ever wondered about what makes them work? Dr. Dan Grooms will cover some of the basics of vaccinology, including basic immunology and how vaccines work, as well as the different...

Dr. John R. Wenz, Washington State University The goal of the “Good Health Records” program at Washington State University (www.goodhealthrecords.com) is: Accurate and consistent health records, efficiently summarized, used to evaluate and inform management decisions on...

Lameness is a painful, costly, common and complex problem - a problem with which too many dairies struggle. Dealing with a lameness problem not only involves identifying and dealing with lame cows in the herd, but trying to prevent new cases from occurring in the first place....

Presenter: Dr. Pete Hansen, University of Florida Cooling dairy cows is the most important strategy to improve both milk production and reproduction during summer months. Opportunities that dairy farms can utilize to evaluate the effect of heat stress on their dairy will be...

Dr. Hovingh will discuss causes and preventative measures of lameness as well as other hoof and leg issues.

Presenters: Dr. Michael Apley, Kansas State University and Dr. Craig Shultz, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Drs. Apley and Shultz will discuss the why and how of drug residue avoidance, as well as appropriate usage of medications on dairy farms. This session has...