Dairy Veterinary Newsletters

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2023

Sept - Vaccinations for Dairy Calves - is There Some Consensus on Recommendations? Mean Entry Level Hourly Wage is Approaching the Farm Milk Price. Passing of Dr. Bruce Hull, Dairy and Food Animal Veterinarian and Teacher.
July - USU Veterinary School's 12th Freshman Class, and the Change to a College of Veterinary Medicine. Some Confusion Regarding a Recent Announcement from the DEA. A Feed Additive Associated with Methane Reduction and Increased Milk Fat.
May - FDA GFI #263 Takes Effect June 11, 2023 - What Does this Mean for Veterinarians?
March - Mountain Lands Utah Veterinary Summit June 1 -3, 2023, Park City, Utah
January - Proposed Change to Utah Veterinary Practice Act Would Affect Bovine Veterinarians

2022

November - Do Crossbreds with Colored Breeds have More Dystocia than Purebred Holsteins?
September - How does Comparative Cervical TB Testing Affect Johne's disease Milk ELISA Test?
July - Utah State University Officially Announces New Four Year Veterinary College.
May - Bovine Metritis - Two Treatments Compared with No Treatment.
March - Cryptosporidiosis in Dairy Calves - New Research and Some Interesting Conclusions.
January - Necropsy Diagnoses of Dairy Cattle Causes of Death in Utah and the Intermountain West

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2009

December - Cold Weather Feeding of Pre-weaned Calves
October - New Antibiotic Residue Testing Methods and Targeting of Cull Dairy Cows for Residue Testing as Slaughter
July - Colostrum, Postpartum Flunixin, Lameness, Humidity, Foreign Animal Disease
June - Senators Comment on Political Issues and Regulations Affecting U.S. Farming
March - Results of Statewide Surveillance for Mycoplasma Mastitis in Utah
January - How Much Evidence is There For The Most Effective Treatment For Common Calf Diseases

2008

July - Early Embryonic Loss in Dairy Cattle...
May - Factors Influencing Survival of Dairy Cows after Correction of Left Displaced Abomasum
March - How Do Headlocks Affect Feed Access for Cows?
January - Malignant Catarrhal Fever in Utah

2007

December - Colostrum Replacer, Cow Behavior Study, Johne's Organisms in Sand, Reducing Stillbirths
September - Chronic Wasting Disease
July - Review of Neospora Caninum in Cattle
May - Why is Participation in Johne's Disease Testing Program so Low?
March - Cure Rates of Different Antibiotic Treatments Against Bovine Mastitis

Research Articles

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Importance of a Dietary Cation-Anion Difference in Peripartum Dairy Cows

At calving, nutrient requirements of dairy cows increase to support milk synthesis. Energy and protein requirements are increased at the initiation of lactation (Moore et al., 2000). Additionally, calcium requirements increase tremendously to meet the dem...