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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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A bovine first aid kit

Monday, April 15, 2019 10:21 AM

In the old days, veterinarians dealt with a lot of emergencies on dairy farms. Today this is much less the case. It is not that cows and calves do not have emergencies, but that today’s farmers handle most themselves.

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Growing dairy in China

Monday, March 11, 2019 1:29 PM

Recently, I visited China to consult on dairy farms. It was a fascinating experience.

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Who took my colostrum?

Monday, February 11, 2019 11:27 AM

Low colostrum yield has recently become a more common complaint from dairy farmers.

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