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> Calf Health Calves: When is a Draft Not a Draft? Hot Weather Calf Care Tips Calf Feeding Systems Calf Scours Calf Health Issues To Replacer or Not to Replacer Five Basic "C's" Cold Weather Calf Care Feeding Calves in Cold Weather Treating Calf Pneumonia Evaluation of Cost Effective Treatment of Calf Pneumonia Killer Colostrum Whole Milk vs. Milk Replacer Oral Calf Scours Treatment Oral Fluids for Calf Scour Treatments Colostrum Feeding The Two "C" Diseases of Calves > Facilty Design Animal Environment Are We Providing Enough Bunk Space Diagnosis of Heat Abatement Problem CUD Bunk Space Too Many Stepped On Teats Close-Up Dry Cow Pen Surge Managing Air Quality in Calf Barns Social Dynamics of Cows - Why Pen Moves Matter > Heifer Raising Heifer Raising Replacement Heifer Cost Reduction From Treatment to Prevention: Creating a Heifer "Wellness" Plan > Milk Quality Get the the most from your Milk Lab Prevent and Control Heifer Mastitis New Ideas for an Old Problem That's Not Just Old Milk Clinical Mastitis Treatment Savings Bulk Tank MUN Testing Seven Food Borne Illness Pathogens that are Killed by Pasteurization Blanket Dry Cow Therapy: Another Wrinkle in Our Assumptions Bulk Tank Testing Dry Cow Management Important in Controlling Mastitis > Vaccines and Preventative Medicine Feed Directive, Preventative Medicine, Economy Issues Spring Checklist Don't Let Flies "Bug" Your Bottom Gastro-intestinal Parasites Bull Management Program New Thoughts About Vaccinology Vaccination Planning Pinkeye Spring Cleaning Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Vaccination Programs > Nutrition Forage Quality Direct Fed Microbials Considerations for Ensiling Corn - Part 1 Considerations for Ensiling Corn - Part 2 Nutrition Indicators Mycotoxin in NE Dairy Rations DMI Intake Subacute Rumen Acidosis > Disease, Treatment & Residue Prevention Meat Residue Update FDA Bulk Test Residue Screening Test National Dairy FARM Program Respiratory Disease Treatment Take Nothing for Granted On-farm Health Protocols Summertime Heat means more Uterus Infections That's Not Milk Fever BVD Re-Thought Why is My Cow Down Animal Care Retreats, Another Use of Treatment Records Pharyngeal Swab for Respiratory Disease Diagnosis Seasonal Disease Pattern Change Soil Borne Pathogens Metritis Not Associated with Fetal Membranes BVDV Likelihood Retained Fetal Membranes Residue Prevention: Food Armor Program Prepaire Your Cows for a Career Change Bloat - A Medical Emergency! Maintaining Vigilance How now down cow? > Reproduction Embryo Transfer..Who's Your Mommy? Causes of Embryonic Mortality (EEM) Ultrasound Technology Anovular Cows Result in Open Cows - Part 1 Anovular Cows Result in Open Cows - Part 2 Breeding Methods and Tools Bulls Aren't Cheaper Causes of Embryonic Mortality Endometritis, Another cause of EEM? Pregnancy Hard Count Anovular Cows Revisited Resynchronization Strategies In Lactating Dairy Cows Frequency of Pregnancy Checks Fertilization and Embryo Loss Best Timing of Breeding Anovular Cows AI vs. Natural Service Resynch A New Twist on an Old Problem Tough Calvings: How can we prevent them? The Cost of Extra Days Open Hot Weather Reproduction Management > Transition Cow Challenges Measuring and Monitoring Milk Fever is More Than Down Cows Prefresh Management is Key for Success after Calving - Part 1 Prefresh Management is Key for Success after Calving - Part 2 Transitional Dry Cow Care BHBA Testing Update Is To Much Treatment Causing DA's? > Lameness Reducing Lameness Can Improve Fertility Foot Bath Revisited Common Hoof Diseases > Labor Management Farm Employee Incentives Cattle Stockmanship New Year, New Opportunity Where will we be in 10 Years? Smarter, Better, Faster - Increasing Our Productivity > Maximizing Production Prepare Your Cows for a Career Change Water for Cows Managing Stocking Density when Profit Margins are at an All-time Low Disease Monitoring Records should Guide the Decision to Operate Marginal Financial Decisions > Vets What Do We Do Besides Taking Calls Dr. Nguyen Goodbye Tribute to Clark Bushey