ID-208: Recommended Milking Procedures for Maximum Milk Quality

Michelle Arnold, Jeffrey Bewley | Nov. 30, 2012 (New)

When it comes to minimizing mastitis and lowering somatic cell counts, the area where you have the most control is your milking procedures. Understanding and following proper milking procedures is a critical step to maintaining maximum milk quality.

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ID-209: Management of the Dry Cow to Prevent Mastitis

Michelle Arnold, Jeffrey Bewley | Nov. 30, 2012 (New)

As we move into a new era of lower acceptable somatic cell count levels, the prevention and control of mastitis takes on increased importance. For many years, the contagious mastitis pathogens including Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus agalactiae and Mycoplasma bovis were the focus of control measures primarily implemented in the milking parlor to stop the spread of these organisms from cow to cow. These contagious organisms often cause high individual somatic cell counts and ultimately high bulk tank somatic cell counts. As these high somatic cell count cows have been culled due to milk marketing regulations and more dairymen have adopted NMC recommended milking procedures, the contagious pathogens are decreasing.

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ID-206: Compost Bedded Pack Barn Design: Features and Management Consideration

Jeffrey Bewley, Randi Black, Flavio Damasceno, George Day, Joe Taraba | Nov. 12, 2012 (New)

The compost bedded pack barn is a housing system for lactating dairy cows. It consists of a large, open resting area, usually bedded with sawdust or dry, fine wood shavings and manure composted into place and mechanically stirred on a regular basis.

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ID-207: Considerations for Starting an On-Farm Dairy Processing Enterprise

Jeffrey Bewley, Elizabeth Chaney, Brianna Goodnow, Julia Hofmeister | Oct. 17, 2012 (New)

With proper facilities and education, entreprenuers can successfully produce value-added dairy products on-farm.

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ID-135: Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis ("Pinkeye") in Cattle

Michelle Arnold, John Johns, Jeff Lehmkuhler, Patty Scharko | Sep. 24, 2012 (Major Revision)

Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis (IBK), also known as pinkeye, is a costly disease for the beef producer. Tremendous losses stem from poor weight gain and loss of appetite in affected animals suffering from visual impairment and ocular pain.

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ID-203: Trees, Turf, and People

Bill Fountain, Gregg Munshaw | Aug. 6, 2012 (New)

The shade trees and fruit trees that we treasure in our landscapes were originally adapted to growing in forests in close association with other trees. In the forest they can remain small for many years. As soon as there is an opening in the canopy allowing light to reach the forest floor they grow rapidly. This great height allows trees to assume a place of dominance over other plants; their trunks lift their leaves high into the air, allowing them to intercept the maximum amount of sunlight before it reaches other plants. Thus, trees grow tall and provide us with their much-appreciated shade.

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ID-204: Introductory Safety Training for Tobacco Workers

Bob Pearce, Mark Purschwitz, John Wilhoit | Jul. 25, 2012 (New)

This safety bulletin is intended to offer introductory safety training to tobacco workers in conjunction with a farm walk-around. It was written as if you and your workers are standing in or around the object currently being discussed, e.g., a tractor, with you or a designated assistant pointing out the various safety issues listed in the bulletin. It is not meant to be used as a stand-alone bulletin, especially just in a room, unless you have already gone through the walk-around and are reviewing points or having a discussion. It must be used out by the barn, equipment, or other subject being discussed.

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ID-118: Roses

Sharon Bale, Rick Durham, Tim Phillips, Lee Townsend, Nicole Ward Gauthier | Mar. 27, 2012 (Major Revision)

Roses have many landscape uses. They can be placed as accent plants or used to form hedges or ground covers. They offer a rainbow of colors and a variety of forms and fragrances, and their sizes range from miniatures to tall climbing plants. Roses may be grown under many climatic and soil conditions and, with care, thrive and produce flowers for many years.

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ID-190: Staphylococcus Aureus Mastitis

Michelle Arnold, Jeffrey Bewley | Mar. 5, 2012 (Reprinted)

Staphylococcus aureus is an important bacterial cause of contagious mastitis on dairy farms worldwide. More importantly, it is often at the root of chronically high somatic cell counts, recurrent clinical mastitis, and damaged mammary gland tissue. It is considered to be a contagious udder pathogen that spreads within and between cows during milking. Because it is often subclinical (milk looks normal but with a potentially high somatic cell count), infected animals pose a risk of infection to herd mates during each milking.

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ID-189: Vegetative Filter Strips for Livestock Facilities

Steve Higgins, Ray Smith, Sarah Wightman | Feb. 23, 2012 (New)

An enhanced vegetative strip is a best management practice that can be installed to protect surface waters from pollution produced by animal production facilities. Most people think of a vegetative strip as a grassed area or waterway, but when intentionally installed and properly managed, an EVS can be much more effective than a simple grassed filter strip. If properly managed, enhanced vegetative strips can be used to trap, treat, and absorb pollutants, which can be removed from the designated area by harvesting or grazing.