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  1. 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

    Ohio Dairy Farms, November 18, 2024, Compared to September 24, 2024. Nutrient Name   November  Estimate ... Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University Feed is the largest cost of production on dairy ... interval (CI) of 21 feed commodities fed on Ohio Dairy Farms (November 18, 2024). Feedstuffs that are ...

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

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    Dr. Kirby Krogstad, Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University ... Introduction In part 1, we introduced the fundamentals of B-vitamin nutrition for dairy cows. Ruminants have ... own personal source of B-vitamins. When we consider that microbes supply dairy cattle with B-vitamins, ...

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

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    large dairy farms in Ohio and California. The study found substantial differences in AMU among enrolled ... 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, ...

  4. Starter Success for Dairy Calves

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    Elizabeth Plunkett, Graduate Research Associate, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State ... stress for everyone. It is important to base weaning on starter intake rather than days of age. Calves ... should be consistently eating 2 to 3 lb/day of starter for at least three consecutive days before you ...

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

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    Ohio State University  In October 11, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently published a “ Dear ... products to treat pyrexia and pain in lactating dairy cattle. A total of 616 confirmed dairy herds in 15 US ... Aspirin is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that is being used on some dairy farms to treat ...

  6. Free Flu Vaccine for Dairy Farmers and Farm Workers

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    Jason Hartschuh, Assistant Professor, OSU Extension Field Specialist, Dairy Management and ... Precision Livestock, Ohio State University Extension The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has allocated more ... than 100,000 doses of seasonal influenza vaccine to 12 states that have had dairy herds test positive ...

  7. 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

    replacement and cull cows in the herd.   Table 1. Prices of nutrients for Ohio dairy farms, September 24, ... Ohio Dairy Farms, September 24, 2024. To more comprehensively interpret the above values, Table 3 uses ... advisor is Dr. Kirby Krogstad on the Wooster campus. Milk Prices In the month of September, the ending ...

  8. Winter Calf Management

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    Jason Hartschuh, Assistant Professor, OSU Extension Field Specialist, Dairy Management and ... Precision Livestock, Ohio State University Extension I was slightly more ready for cold weather this year ... 70⁰F during the day. Usually, calves deep bedded with straw manage this variation by nesting with their ...

  9. Practical Tips to Improve Calf Welfare in Cold Weather

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    implementing these strategies, Ohio dairy farmers can help their calves stay healthy and thrive throughout the ... Dr. Grazyne Tresoldi, Assistant Professor, Animal Welfare, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio ...

  10. VOLUME 26: ISSUE 6

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