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  • Heat stress still happens

    Monday, February 10, 2020 2:13 PM
        Dairy farmers have made great strides in reducing heat stress in the last 20 years. However, the average cow produced about 1.4% more milk per year over that time period, which means higher dry matter intake and heat production.
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  • God’s creatures

    Sunday, January 12, 2020 5:58 PM
        Birdie, our yellow Labrador retriever, is not a good hunting dog. She does not like loud noises, so a gunshot sends her running in the wrong direction.
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  • Septicemia in calves

    Monday, December 9, 2019 10:33 AM
        First, let’s define some terms.
        Septicemia means invasion of the bloodstream by pathogenic organisms. In calves, these are usually bacteria, though they could be viruses or parasites.
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  • Bimodal milk let down: Why it is important?

    Monday, November 11, 2019 8:50 AM
        Bimodal milking is a result of delayed milk ejection (DME). In such cases, milk in the gland cistern empties into the claw.
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  • How much time do you have for down cows?

    Sunday, October 13, 2019 12:51 PM
        For most of us, down cows are a downer. We do not like to see them. We feel bad for the animals; we worry they will never get up again, and we know that moving and caring for them will take extra work.
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  • What to do with chronic high SCC cows

    Monday, September 16, 2019 4:44 PM
        There are a variety of options for cows with chronic high somatic cell counts. You can sell them. You can ignore them and hope they get better.
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  • Preventing an animal welfare crisis

    Monday, August 12, 2019 9:39 AM
        For the purpose of this article, an animal welfare crisis is the release of a video to the media showing obvious mistreatment of cows or calves.
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  • Are Minnesota’s cows moving?

    Monday, July 15, 2019 10:44 AM
        The short answer is yes. Minnesota loses a small number of cows each year, but mostly cows move from one farm to another.
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  • Vaccine tips

    Monday, June 10, 2019 9:45 AM
        Dr. Victor Cortese presented tips for proper vaccine use in cattle to the AABP New Graduate Conference in Columbus, Ohio in early 2019.
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  • A fresh pen

    Monday, May 13, 2019 10:06 AM
    I had the opportunity to fill in for an absent herdsman and perform his daily fresh pen examinations.
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