with Cornell Cooperative Extension Regional Dairy Specialists
and Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY
Dry Cows
CCE Dairy Specialist, Casey Havekes, is joined by Dr. Tom Overton, Professor of Animal Science and director of PRO-DAIRY at Cornell University, to discuss troubleshooting issues during the dry period. Topics in this episode include: target body condition score at dry off and throughout the dry period, nutritional and feeding management of dry cow diets, dry period length, and non-nutritional factors that play a role in a successful dry period.
Previous Episodes
SERIES INTRODUCTION
Dr. Rob Lynch, PRO-DAIRY Herd Health and Dairy Management Specialist, and Betsy Hicks, Cornell Cooperative Extension Regional Dairy Specialist, describe the importance of managing dairy cows to optimize herd health.
EPISODE 1
Pre-Weaned Calves (Part 1)
In this episode, CCE Regional Dairy Specialists Alycia Drwencke and Margaret Quaassdorff discuss trouble shooting herd health issues surrounding pre-weaned calf health. This episode will troubleshoot topics that include scours, growth rate, respiratory disease, and facility management.
EPISODE 2
Pre-Weaned Calves (Part 2)
In this episode, CCE Regional Dairy Specialists Margaret Quaassdorff and Alycia Drwencke will continue to discuss trouble shooting herd health issues surrounding pre-weaned calf health. This episode will troubleshoot topics that include grouping, using automatic feeders, disbudding, and weaning.
EPISODE 3
Weaning Transition
CCE Dairy Specialists Betsy Hicks, Margaret Quaassdorff and Melanie Palmer focus on troubleshooting issues through weaning transition for calves in this episode. Factors discussed include housing and facilities as well as social and behavioral factors. Nutrition through the transition as well as management of the calves and facilities are also focused on as areas to troubleshoot.
Post Weaned Heifers – Disease and Growth Issues
In this episode Rob Lynch, DVM, Herd Health and Management Specialist, Cornell PRO-DAIRY, and Dave Balbian, Regional Dairy Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Central New York, discuss how to troubleshoot disease and growth issues that impact post weaned heifers.
EPISODE 5
Heifers – Reproduction
In this episode, Dr. Julio Giordano, DVM, PhD, Faculty Cornell University, describes how to identify problems that impact heifer reproductive performance.
EPISODE 6
Calving
In this episode, CCE Dairy Specialists Casey Havekes and Margaret Quaassdorff, discuss challenges during calving. Margaret describes the stages of normal calving, as well as when to intervene, and Casey discusses the impact a difficult calving may have on the newborn calf. Management strategies that can help the dam and the calf following a difficult calving are also shared during this episode.
EPISODE 7
Transition Cow Issues
In this episode, CCE Dairy Specialists Casey Havekes and Margaret Quaassdorff, discuss how to trouble shoot transition cow problems.
EPISODE 8
Mastitis Part 1
Dr. Matthias Wieland DVM, PhD, Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine and Rob Lynch, DVM, PRO-DAIRY, Cornell University, discuss different techniques to accurately troubleshoot mastitis issues.
EPISODE 9
Mastitis Part 2
Matthias Wieland, DVM, Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine and Rob Lynch, DVM, PRO-DAIRY, Cornell University, continue their discussion on methods to identify mastitis problems on your dairy.
EPISODE 10
Fresh Cows
CCE Dairy Specialist, Margaret Quaassdorff, and PRO-DAIRY veterinarian, Rob Lynch, focus on troubleshooting issues during the post-fresh period. Topics discussed include tracking fresh cow health and rumination data including using software monitoring systems, evaluating fresh cow pen management and dynamics, as well using tools to troubleshoot fresh cow nutrition and feeding behavior.
EPISODE 11
Lactating Cow Reproduction
Rob Lynch, DVM, Herd Health and Dairy Management Specialist, Cornell PRO-DAIRY, discusses how to investigate reproductive issues your lactating cows maybe experiencing.
Milk Production
In this episode, CCE Regional Dairy Specialists Dave Balbian and Betsy Hicks discuss issues around production in lactating cows on the dairy. Factors including nutrition and facilities are covered, as well as troubleshooting by analyzing herd records. Culling parameters and strategies are also discussed to help producers determine the approaches that might work best for their farm.
EPISODE 13
Feeding Behavior
In this episode, CCE Dairy Specialist Casey Havekes interviews Trevor DeVries of the University of Guelph on lactating feeding behavior. Types of feeding behaviors that producers should watch out for, learned behaviors, and how to manipulate feeding behaviors through feeding management are discussed. Pen management and the effects on feeding behavior are also a focus in this episode.
EPISODE 14
Facilities and Ventilation
Facilities and ventilation have a significant impact on the health of dairy animals. This episode focuses on how to identify when the physical environment is having a negative impact on your dairy cows. Lindsay Ferlito and Dave Balbian, CCE Regional Dairy Specialists, lead this discussion.
EPISODE 15
Lameness
This episode covers how producers can approach hoof health and troubleshooting lameness on their dairies. CCE Regional Dairy Specialists Lindsay Ferlito and Betsy Hicks focus on lameness as a scale, causes of lameness, troubleshooting lameness between pens, targeting protocols with treatments, and methods of tracking lameness. Analysis of records and tying this information with cull rates are also covered to help producers best manage hoof health.
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