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  1. Using Antibiotics on Your Dairy Farm? How to Monitor for Improved Practices

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-6/using-antibiotics-your-dairy-farm-how-monitor

    A recent study published by our research team aimed to describe and quantify on-farm antibiotic use in ... Medicine, The Ohio State University Why is it Important to Monitor Antimicrobial Use on Your Farm ... antimicrobials. On dairy farms, bacterial infections such as mastitis, metritis, diarrhea, respiratory diseases, ...

  2. Free Flu Vaccine for Dairy Farmers and Farm Workers

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-6/free-flu-vaccine-dairy-farmers-and-farm-workers

    supplemental free seasonal influenza vaccines to farm workers across states affected by H5N1 to prevent the ... apply to receive additional doses of seasonal influenza vaccine – allocated specifically for farm ... that these doses are going to farm workers and will track the number of doses given monthly by age.  ...

  3. Practical Tips to Improve Calf Welfare in Cold Weather

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-6/practical-tips-improve-calf-welfare-cold-weather

    and frostbite on extremities. In severe cases, cold stress can be fatal. Here are research-backed and ... and educators to design a cold stress management plan tailored to your farm’s unique needs. Routine ...

  4. Dairy Dollars: Feed Prices, Nutrient Costs, and Milk Income

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-6/dairy-dollars-feed-prices-nutrient-costs-and-milk

    farms. Because of this, it is critical to know the regional economic value of feeds and their predicted ... interval (CI) of 21 feed commodities fed on Ohio Dairy Farms (November 18, 2024). Feedstuffs that are ... ingredients for your dairy farm. Table 1. Estimated Feedstuffs Prices Not Reported for Ohio, November 18, ...

  5. If Cows Make Their Own B-vitamins, Should We Worry About Supplementing Them? – Part II

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-6/if-cows-make-their-own-b-vitamins-should-we-worry

    each of the B-vitamins (Table 1). Previous research in beef and dairy cattle demonstrate that nearly ... The research on supplementing B-vitamins to dairy cattle is blurry and full of nuance. Some nutrients ... consistently effective while others have not. What Does the Research Say? Cobalamin and Folic Acid In a 2017 ...

  6. FDA Letter Asks Veterinarians to Discontinue Use of Unapproved Aspirin Products in Lactating Dairy Cattle

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-6/fda-letter-asks-veterinarians-discontinue-use

    Aspirin is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that is being used on some dairy farms to treat ... familiar with you, your livestock/animals, and your farm operation. This veterinarian is referred to as ...

  7. Starter Success for Dairy Calves

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-6/starter-success-dairy-calves

    Elizabeth Plunkett, Graduate Research Associate, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State ... weaning program that best suits your goals. 5.  Group housing calves. Extensive research has demonstrated ...

  8. Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins, and Comparisons of Feedstuffs Prices

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-5/milk-prices-costs-nutrients-margins-and-comparisons

    OSU, my research will center around dairy cattle nutrition, with a focus on rumen health. My faculty ... advisor is Dr. Kirby Krogstad on the Wooster campus. Milk Prices In the month of September, the ending ... replacement and cull cows in the herd.   Table 1. Prices of nutrients for Ohio dairy farms, September 24, ...

  9. Small Farm Financial Management College

    https://greene.osu.edu/news/small-farm-financial-management-college

    This course is designed to help landowners examine potential ways to increase profits on their properties. To learn more and to register: CLICK HERE ...

  10. Footbath Practices for Lameness Prevention

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-5/footbath-practices-lameness-prevention

    not as widely researched but has efficacy in controlling digital dermatitis at a concentration of 5 to ... and milking parlor. Lowing the number of clinical and subclinically lame cows on the farm also boosts ...

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