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Update on the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreak in Germany
State University On January 10, 2025, Germany announced an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in ... markets. FMD was first discovered in the United States in 1870 and eradicated 1929. What is the source of ... the United States? If you are travelling outside of the United States, you can help prevent FMD by ...
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Rumen Acidosis in Dairy Cattle – A Cause for Concern?
Dr. Kirby Krogstad, Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University ... the 8 mm sieve of the Penn State Shaker Box. Buffers Another strategy for managing SARA is through the ... rumen health. Take Homes SARA is a multifactorial challenge which is best managed by implementing ...
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Hidden Defenses: How Cows Fight Disease
Elizabeth Plunkett, Graduate Research Associate, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State ... their surface area and limit heat loss. Additionally, blood flow will shift to internal organs, leaving ... cows because they will be moving less to conserve energy. This depressive state helps the cow conserve ...
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Federal Order Reform Passed in All 11 Federal Orders: Considerations for FMMO 33 Milk Prices
Precision Livestock, Ohio State University On January 17 th, USDA published the Final Federal Order Rules ... milk is pooled on the Federal order, the price you receive is a blend between all four classes of milk ... Ohio, this location differential increase was between $1.30 and 2.30/cwt for Class I milk, but across ...
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Dairy Dollars: Feed Prices, Nutrient Costs, and Milk Income
Andie Majewski, Graduate Teaching Associate, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State ... Ohio (Figure 1), directly impacting the income over feed costs for dairy farms. While the greatest ... feedstuffs fed on Ohio dairy farms on January 27, 2025 (red) compared to the actual costs of feedstuffs on ...
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Corn Hybrid Selection for Disease Management
Precision Livestock, Ohio State University Corn hybrid selection is critical to maximizing your cow's ... mycotoxins can be produced with major concerns coming from DON and ZEA. With your support from the Ohio Corn ... Marketing Board and Ohio Dairy Research Fund, OSU Extension and OSU Plant Pathology have been researching ...
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Free Flu Vaccine for Dairy Farmers and Farm Workers
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 ... supplemental free seasonal influenza vaccines to farm workers across states affected by H5N1 to prevent the ...
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Winter Calf Management
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-6/winter-calf-management
Precision Livestock, Ohio State University Extension I was slightly more ready for cold weather this year ... than the last couple. I had the fans taken down so that my calf barn doors would slide shut when the ... first cold night came around, but still, I was not ready for the dusting of snow I received last week. ...
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Using Antibiotics on Your Dairy Farm? How to Monitor for Improved Practices
Medicine, The Ohio State University Why is it Important to Monitor Antimicrobial Use on Your Farm? ... a farm receive antimicrobial treatments over a specific period (Figure 1). One common method to assess ... large dairy farms in Ohio and California. The study found substantial differences in AMU among enrolled ...
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FDA Letter Asks Veterinarians to Discontinue Use of Unapproved Aspirin Products in Lactating Dairy Cattle
Ohio State University In October 11, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently published a “ Dear ... states were reported positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) as of November 22, 2024. ... products for treatment of pyrexia (fever) in cattle, the FDA has shifted this stance to state such use as ...