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Can you name the breeds of cattle in these pictures? 

(answers at bottom of page)


Dairy Topics

Dairy Breeds

 

The Seven Habits of Highly Successful Milking Routines

Recommended Milking Procedures

Procedures for Improving Udder Health

Minimize Conditions Which Increase Exposure to Environmental Pathogens

 

Teat Disinfection Facts

Teat Dip Testing Methods

Follow These Recommendations When Predipping

 

A Practical Look at Environmental Mastitis

A Practical Look at Contagious Mastitis

National Mastitis Council Recommended Mastitis Control Program

Mastitis and it's Control

Strep ag Mastitis Can Be Eliminated From Your Herd

Poor Treatment Procedures Can Lead to Nocardia and Yeast Mastitis

How Machine Milking Influences Mastitis

Guidelines to Culling Cows with Mastitis

The Value and Use of Dairy Herd Improvement Somatic Cell Count

 

Dry Cow Therapy

Susceptibility to Infection Varies During the Dry Period

 

Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle (Purina Mills 5/01)

Dairy Cow Health and Metabolic Disease Relative to Nutritional Factors

Nutrition of the Older Heifer (Purina Mills 12/01)

 

 

Babcock Institute Home Page Dairy Essentials  articles from the Babcock Institute for International Dairy Research and Development. Find articles on Dairy Cow Reproduction and Genetic Selection, Feeding & Nutrition, Lactation & Milking, and Raising Dairy Heifers.

 

Managing Milk Quality is a self-instruction training kit used to improve herd productivity, to reduce mastitis and to improve milk quality (click on cows for more information)

Bad News for Bovines

Abortion: Common Infectious Diseases that Cause Abortion in Cattle

Abortion: Leptospirosis

Anaplasmosis in Beef Cattle

Anthrax

Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus (BRSV) and Parainfluenza-3 (PI-3)

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy - Mad Cow Disease

Brucella Abortus Disease (Brucellosis) in Beef Cattle

Calf Scours

Coccidiosis of Cattle

External Parasites on Beef Cattle

External Parasites of Dairy Cattle

Foot and Mouth Disease

Foot Rot

Foot Rot in Cattle

Grass Tetany

Grubs

Hemophilus somnus Disease in Cattle

Horn Flies

Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis IBR (Red Nose)

Johnes Disease

Johnes Disease (Paratuberculosis)

Micoplasm Mastitis

Ocular Neoplasia

Pastuerella Disease in Beef Cattle

Pinkeye

Reproductive Diseases in Cattle

Rumen Acidosis

Tail Lice

Trichomoniasis

Vesicular Stomatitis

Vibrio

 

General Management

Control and Treatment of Anaplasmosis in Beef Cattle

Liver Fluke Control in Beef Cattle

Stable Fly Control

Self-Treatment Method for Livestock -- Backrubbers

Why Vaccinate Adult Beef Cows?


Sheep Topics

Enterotoxemia in Lambs

Vaccination in Sheep Flocks

Handling Internal Worm Parasitism in Sheep

Club Lamb Fungus Disease

Ringworm and "Club Lamb" Fungus


Other Farm Animals

Index For Health, Care & Management of Llamas 

Llamapaedia Llamapaedia is for everyone with an interest in Llamas. Written by veterinarians, it is intended to be an accurate source of information on husbandry, breeding, care and resources for further information.


Miscellaneous Topics

Antibiotic Use in Animals

Computers on Canadian Farms - More than a New Gadget, It's a Lifeline

The Role of the Veterinarian on the Farm

Selection and Use of Disinfectants on the Farm

Understanding Vaccines

 


Farm Links

National Mastitis Council

Farm Classifieds


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Answers to Photo Quiz

Beefmaster

. Ratien Gray


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