Health

Biosecurity
Lameness
Diseases
Nutritional Disorders
Parasites

• Extension Disaster Education Network
• Biosecurity on the Beef and Dairy Operation (pdf) - New Mexico
• Biosecurity & Livestock Diseases (Web site) - Illinois
• Practical and Sensible Dairy Farm Biosecurity (pdf) - Illinois
• Biosecurity and Animal Health (Web site) - USDA
• Biosecurity and On-Farm Food Safety (Web site) - Pennsylvania
• Biosecurity: Who is Responsible? A 12-Step Program for Farm Consultants (pdf) - Tennessee
• Farm Security - "Treat it Seriously," Security for Animal Agriculture: Security Checklist (pdf) - Virginia
• Farm Security - "Treat it Seriously" Security for Animal Agriculture: Prevention (pdf) - Virginia
• Farm Security - "Treat it Seriously" Security for Animal Agriculture: Producer Response to Suspicious Animal Diseases & Unauthorized Activity (pdf) - Virginia
• UC Davis Biosecurity Facts Sheets (Web site) - California

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• Lameness in Dairy Cattle (pdf) - Kansas
• Lameness in Dairy Cattle (pdf) - Florida
• Designing Better Environments for Cows to Walk & Stand (pdf) - Alberta, Canada
• Footbath Alternatives (pdf) - Wisconsin
• Hairy Heel Warts: Fads & Fashions (pdf) - Illinois
• Hock Assessment Chart for Cattle (pdf) - Cornell
• Laminitis - More than How You Feed Your Cows (pdf) - Florida
• Minimizing Lameness through Genetic Selection - Alberta, Canada
• The importance of locomotion (pdf) - Midwest Dairy Business
• Feeding Delivery and Bunk Management Aspects of Laminitis in Dairy Herds Fed Total Mixed Rations (pdf) - Wisconsin
• Locomotion Scoring Your Cows: Use and Interpretation (pdf) - California
• What percent of your herd is lame? (pdf) - Cornell
• Prevention and Control of Foot Problems in Dairy Cows (pdf) - Pennsylvania

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• Dairy "Preventive Herd Health Program" (PHHP) (pdf) - Kansas
• The Merck Veterinary Manual (Web site)
• Health and Program Management (Web site) - Pfizer
• Herd Management Protocols (Web site) - Missouri
• Factors Affecting the Health and Disease Resistance of the Transition Cow (pdf) - Pennsylvania
• Dairy Cattle Diseases (Web site) - UC Davis
• Costs of Common Diseases (Excel spreadsheet) - Minnesota
• Johne's Information Center (Web site) - Wisconsin
• Retained Placentas (pdf) - West Virginia
• Metritis and Endometritis (pdf) - West Virginia
• Cystic Ovarian Disease (pdf) - West Virginia

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• Nutritional Approaches to Minimize Subacute Ruminal Acidosis and Laminitis in Dairy Cattle
• Mycotoxins in Dairy Cattle: Occurence, Toxicity, Prevention and Treatment
• Effects of Inflammation on Nutrition: Is Sickness Causing Weakness in Your Diets?
• Rumen Acidosis in Dairy Cattle: Bunk Management Considerations (pdf) - Wisconsin
• Therapeutic Nutrition for Dairy Cattle (pdf) - Pennsylvania
• Managing the TMR to Prevent Problems in Dairy Cows (pdf) - Kentucky
• Poisonous Plants Informational Database (Web site) - Cornell
• Tools For Diagnosing Nutritional Problems In Dairy Herds (pdf) - Kentucky
• The effect of subclinical rumen acidosis on milk components (pdf) - Cornell

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• External Parasites of Dairy Cattle (pdf) - Florida
• Internal Parasites in Beef & Dairy Cattle (pdf) - Arkansas
• Livestock Area Fly Control (pdf) - Virginia
• Pest Management Recommendations for Dairy Cattle (pdf) - Cornell/Pennsylvania
• Dairy Parasite information (Web site) - Merial

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