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Biosecurity
Emergency Preparedness
Foreign Animal Diseases
Infectious Diseases
Johne's Disease
Mastitis
Milk Quality
Reproduction
Calves
Management
Market Cows
Miscellaneous Topics
Public Health

Biosecurity

Biosecurity on Dairies—Can We Afford Not to Think About It? (PDF: 2pp, 84KB 2004-05)

Biosecurity for Dairies the Pork Way (PDF: 4pp, 88KB 2002-05)

Fences, Gates and Employees in Dairy Biosecurity (PDF: 11pp, 908KB 8/26/2004)

Controlling Risk of Transmission of Infections to Visitors on Farm Visits (PDF: 2pp, 60KB 2005)

Pathogens in Manure (PDF: 7pp, 76KB 7/15//2003)

Pathogens in Manure—Strategies to Prevent Infections (PDF: 3pp, 72KB 7/15/2003)

Practical Biosecurity for Dairies: Where Is the Evidence, and Does It Really Matter? (PDF: 6pp 84KB 12/2003)

Biosecurity for the Dairy (4/5/2001)
Animal diseases, both foreign and domestic, can devastate livestock industries—develop a biosecurity plan to prevent their introduction.

Dairy Biosecurity: The Best of the Best (PDF 2pp 48K 05/2002)

Emergency Preparedness

The dairy veterinarian's role in emergency preparedness on the farm (PDF 2pp 88K 10/2004)

Foreign Animal Diseases

Vesicular Stomatitis
(PDF: 4pp, 940KB 9/2004)

Foot and Mouth Disease in Calves
(PDF: 3pp, 648KB 9/2004)

BSE Testing (PDF: 1pp, 64KB 9/1/2004)

BVD…Or Is It Rinderpest? (11/1/2001)

Review of Clinical Signs of Foreign Animal Diseases Which a Mixed Veterinary Practitioner Might Encounter on a Dairy (2000)

Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) Fact Sheet
(3/2001)

Foot and Mouth Disease—A Pictorial Review
(3/8/2001)

Heartwater: Another Potential Foreign Animal Disease (January 14, 2000)

Screwworms: Be on the Lookout (1999)

Infectious Diseases

Field Evaluation of Footwart Vaccine (PDF: 2pp 72KB) 9/2004

BVD PI Testing Using Ear Notches (PDF: 1p, 60KB 9/1/2004)

The Nature of Bovine Viral Diarrhea (BVD) in Cattle (PDF: 4pp, 68KB, 04/2004)

Experiences with Salmonella on California Dairies (PDF: 6pp 104KB) 12/2003

Flies and Disease (PDF: 3pp 660KB) 12/2003

Infectious Abortions in Dairy Cows
(PDF: 6pp, 84KB, 08/2003)

Anthrax—Renewed Interest (10/2001)
Bullet points on how to handle a suspected case.

Anthrax (9/2000)
Overview of the disease.

Botulism in Cattle (5/14/98)

Bovine Leukemia (5/19/00)

The Facts about Bovine Viral Diarrhea Type 2: Is Your Herd Protected? (1999)

Dermatophilosis Dermatitis in Dairy Cows (PDF 2pp 12K 05/2002)

Footwarts in Dairy Cattle (1998)

Footwarts of Dairy Cattle Fact Sheet

Jejunal Hemorrhage Syndrome (PDF 2pp 60K 02/18/02)

Mycoplasma: More Than Just Mastitis (PDF 3pp 72K 03/08/02)

Neospora Abortion in Dairy Cattle

Prevalence of and risk factors for Salmonella in water offered to weaned dairy calves in California, USA (PDF 16PP 132KB 2002)

Q Fever or Farmers Flu (PDF: 3pp, 88KB)

Timing of BVD Vaccination for Calves (PDF 2pp 60KB 2002)

Warts on Dairy Cows (PDF 2pp 48K 04/08/02)

West Nile Virus—A Threat to Dairies? (9/4/2001)

West Nile Virus—Update 2002 (PDF 4pp 432K 08/14/02)

Johne's Disease

Risk Factors Associated with Johne's Disease Infections and Seropositive Blood Titers (PDF: 2pp, 80KB 9/1/2004)

Assessing Your Johne's Disease Risk (PDF 1p 56KB 06/19/2003)

Johne's Disease Fact Sheet 2003 (PDF 10pp 84KB 02/2003)

Beginning to Control Johne's Disease In Your Dairy Herd (9/27/2000)

Effects of Subclinical Johne's Disease (PDF 2pp 48K 05/2002)

Johne's Disease Update: Protect Your Herd from Johne's Disease (1999)

Johne's Disease in Dairy Cattle (1998)

Mastitis

Articles on mastitis are linked to a separate Mastitis page with the following subtopics index:

Mastitis—Contagious
Mastitis—Environmental
Mastitis—Pathogens
Mastitis—General
Mastitis—Diagnostics
Mastitis—Therapy
Mastitis—Management

Milk Quality

Milk Quality on the Dairy—Who Is Responsible? (PDF: 9pp, 152KB 2005)

Antibiotic Residues (10/29/2001)

Improving Milking Quality and Profit (PDF 3pp 56K 05/2002)

The Effect of Poor Quality Raw Milk on Finished Products (PDF: 2pp 64KB, 08/29/03)

Subclinical Mastitis and Somatic Cell Counts
(9/2000)

Reproduction

Embryonic Loss in Dairy Cattle (PDF: 2pp, 72KB 2005)

Effect of Dietary Phosphorus on Dairy Cow Reproductive Performance (PDF: 1p, 60KB 9/1/2004)

Effect of Clinical Mastitis on Production and Reproduction (PDF: 2pp 72KB Mar 2004)

Influence of Mastitis on Reproductive Performance (PDF 1p 44K 05/2002)

Post-Calving Uterine Infections (PDF 2pp 48K 11/1/2001)

Review of Reproductive Hormones For Dairy Cows (1999)

What is a “CIDR”? [controlled internal releasing device] (PDF 1p 56KB 2002)

Calves

Mycoplasma Ear Infection in Calves (PDF: 2pp, 80KB 2005)

Effect of Delayed Colostrum Collection From Dairy Cows (PDF: 2pp, 64KB 2005)

The Impact of Contaminated Colostrum (PDF: 2pp, 68KB 9/1/2004)

Treating Scouring Calves with Banamine (PDF 1p 56KB) December 2003

Pasteurization of Colostrum (PDF 2pp 72KB May 2003)

Benefits of Written Calf Health Records (PDF 5pp 2.3 MB 08/16/01)

Colostrum: The Key to Control of Early Calfhood Diseases and Death Loss

Health Issues to Consider When Selecting a Calf Ranch (PDF 2pp 52K 08/07/02)

Reducing the Number of DOA Calves
(August 2000)

Management

Possible Use of Lagoon Water for Dust Abatement on Dairies (PDF: 2pp, 80KB 2005)

Commonly Used Antibiotics on Dairies (PDF: 3pp, 76KB 9/1/2004)

FDA Prohibits Extra-label Use of "Bute" in Certain Dairy Cattle (PDF 1p 56KB May 2003)

Bird Control on Dairies by Altering Habitat (PDF 4pp 56K Aug 2002)

More on BVD Vaccines (Feb 2000)

Body Condition Scoring in Dairy Cattle

Dairy Care Practices
Dairy Care Practices is also available as a Portable Document Format file (PDF: 165K, 56pp)

Drinking Water Guidelines for Dairy Animals (PDF 3pp 60KB Mar 2004)

Drug Residues (PDF 1p 76K Sep 2000)

Spring Preparation for Fly Pests on Your Dairies (PDF: 8pp 1.8MB 12/2003)

Lead Poisoning (PDF 1p 44K May 2002)

Magnesium Deficiency (PDF 2pp 48K 11/26/01)

How important is your mastitis drug selection? (PDF 3pp 56K 03/05/02)

Cow Mortality Disposal (PDF: 140K, 5pp)
Cow Mortality Disposal describes carcass disposal choices for rendering, burial, landfill, incineration, and composting. Authors are Clell Bagley, Utah State University Extension Veterinarian; John Kirk, Extension Veterinarian, University of California, Davis; and Kitt Farrell-Poe, Extension Water Resources Specialist, University of Arizona. (October 1999)

Mud on Your Dairy Cows (PDF: 2pp 72KB September 2004)

Guidelines for On-Farm Burial of Dairy Cows

Prudent Drug Use on Dairies (November 2000)

Dairy Hospital Pens (1998)

Pima Cotton, Gossypol and Dairy Cattle: Is It a Bad Combination? (1999)

Promoting Good Health and Production Through Good Husbandry Practices (Heartland Conference, June 11, 2000)

Market Cows

Dairy Beef: Maximizing Quality & Profit (HTML version) or (PDF 2pp 64KB), Feb 2000, describes the distance learning program (sponsored by the University of California, the California Department of Food and Agriculture, the California Dairy Quality Assurance Program, USDA-FSIS: ADEC and Phillip Morris) to educate dairy producers, farm advisors and dairy veterinarians on issues in market cattle food safety and quality, and to provide tools for assessing and certifying on-farm quality assurance programs.
Also, visit the Dairy Beef: Maximizing Quality & Profit Web site.

Injection Site Lesions: How Are We Doing? (PDF 1p 48K 04/08/02)

Reducing Bacterial Hazards In Market Dairy Cattle (2/2000)

Why Was My Market Dairy Cow Condemned? (1/14/ 2000)

Miscellaneous Topics

Calf Vocalization to Increase Milk Production (PDF 2pp 60KB 2002)

Oleander Poisoning in Cattle (August 2000)

Tail Docking of Dairy Cows—Scientific Justification (PDF 2pp 64K 8/16/02)

Public Health

Testing for Bovine Tuberculosis in California (PDF: 5pp 5.1MB, 10/03)

Tuberculosis—Human and Cattle (PDF 3pp 80KB 01/09/03)

Tuberculosis in Cattle (PDF 3pp 76KB 2002)

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