Our class meets on Thursdays 2:25 pm to 5:25 pm in room 201 Dairy Cattle Center. Below is the course schedule for Spring 2012. From this page, you can access: a) the material you are expected to review BEFORE class, b) the before class Blog pages, c) the lab itinerary and d) the question to answer in your lab report workbook AFTER the lab.
- Wk 01 — Th 01/26 — Introduction | Flight zone | BCS | Dairy Comp 305 - Jerry Guenther and Valerie Schutzkus
- Wk 02 — Th 02/02 — Signs of Diseases | Physical Exam | Blood Drawing | Vaccination — DVM Mike Maroney
- Wk 03 — Th 02/09 — Furseth Bros Farm visit: Managing a herd in "existing" facilities — DVM Dave Rhoda
- Wk 04 — Th 02/16 — Larson Acres Farm visit: Managing a herd in "new" facilities — TCRA — DVM Dave Rhoda and DVM Ken Nordlund
- Wk 05 — Th 02/23 — Newborn management — Review Physical Exam — DVM Sheila McGuirk
- Wk 06 - Th 03/01 - Calving Issues | Biological test for ketosis — DVM Gary Oetzel
- Wk 07 — Th 03/08 — Mid term: Physical Exam Practicum | Cow data collection project computer lab
- See: Mid term description and schedule.
- Computer lab: During regular class time, Jerry Guenther and one of the class TA will help you with collecting data from the dairy comp 305 files (e.g., milk production, calving info and health-related events) and gathering other data from the posted files (dry matter intake, body condition score and body weights) to construct you excel cow data collection sheet. Your goal for this lab is to create the graphs that will be part of your progress and final report. Unless you are the first student to take the exam, you should plan on meeting in the computer lab room 236 Animal Sciences Building at 2:25 pm.
- Wk 08 — Th 03/15 — Administration of Treatments (IV, bolus, rehydration) — CMT — Aseptic Milk Sampling — DVM Kay Nelson
- Wk 09 — Th 03/22 — Nutrition (Penn State Shaker Box) — The Dairy Land Initiative — DVM Becky Brotzman and Nigel Cook
- View itinerary
- Resource material: Dairy Land Initiative Website
- Pre-class Assignment Instructions: (in addition to blog entries)
- Please use your log in to gain access to the Dairy Land Initiative web site, click on the "BluePrint" tab and on "Adult Cow Housing Decision Tree."
- Read at a minimum the key points of the topics listed on that page.
- Draw on an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper the layout of an 80-cow free stall pen with basic oritentation (e.g., relation to parlor) considering the following features:
- Pen layout of stalls (# of rows) | Stall configuration (e.g., head-to-head) | Stall dimension (top and side views) | Stall bedding;
- Feeding alley (e.g., head lock, rail) | length | water trough, etc.
- Ventilation | side wall structures | heat abatement method, etc.
- Bring the drawing in class (3 pts of your weekly class participation grade).
- Resource material: Forage Particle Separator Please read page 18-20 section on measuring TMR sorting in the Transition Cow Risk Assessment: TCRA-Manual-version-5 of Dr. Nordlund.
- After the Lab (Log In required): Lab Report Questions
- Wk 10 — Th 03/29 — Hoof Trimming Demo — Locomotion Score: Sandy Trowers | Biosecurity: DVM Kay Nelson
- Wk 11 — Th 04/12 — Paul Fricke — Anatomy and Physiology of Reproduction
- Wk 12 — Th 04/19 — D.V.M. Pamela Ruegg — Anatomy and Physiology of Mammary Gland, Milk Quality, and Milking Procedure
- View itinerary
- Videos to view: How to Series including Taking Sterile Milk Sample, Taking Bulk Tank Cultures, Milking Routines Parlor, Using a CMT Paddle, Udder Hair Removal and Milking Routines Stall Barn
- Resource Material: Milking Machine (pdf) | Mastitis-Disease-Transmission (pdf) | Mastitis-Prevention-Detection (pdf) | Mastitis-Overview (doc) | Milking-Procedure (pdf) | SNAP Test of antibiotics in milk: Overview and Procedure.
- After the Lab (Log In required): Lab Report Questions
Note: Last day of data collection (DMI, BW, BCS, and milk production) is today.
Note: Last chance to take a picture of your cow, she will be moved back to Arlington any time after this date.
Note: Your updated and final data collection sheet must be submitted in the drop box by WED 04/25 11:00 PM (same time as weekly lab book report deadline)
- Wk 13 — Th 04/26 — Pat. Hoffman — Heifer Management
- Wk 14 — Th 05/03 — Room 209 An. Sc. Bldg. Students ppt Presentations of Cow Project | Course evaluation part I
- 20 minute power point presentations— Use same headings and sub-headings as in the written report.
- Deadline is class time Thursday May 03, 2:25 pm. Bring your presentation on a usb drive
- Presentation schedule:
- 2:30 - 2:50 Corie & Madi
- 2:50 - 3:10 Ryan & Mitch
- 3:10 - 3:30 Kayla & Alex
- 3:30 - 3:50 Erin & Andrew
- 3:50 - 4:10 Kaitlin & Kallie
- 4:10 - 4:30 Kevin
- Q&A about finals for next week.
- Course Evaluation (part I).
