The Manager — August 2006
Transition Cow Care
Tune-up your transition program — Here are ideas to help you improve the performance of your transition cows
Bill Stone
Study assesses common, but important, conditions — Early research data show negative energy balance and subclinical ketosis are under appreciated in Northeast dairy herds
Daryl Nydam, Tracy Stokal, Tom Overton
Attention shifts to far-off diet — It's not enough to pay attention to the close-up and fresh cow diet. Fine-tuning the far-off dry cow diet can help solve transition problems
Heather Dann
Research looks for a way to control spike in NEFA — Human medicine may provide new approach to manage metabolism of transition cows
Kelly Smith, Tom Overton
Transition cow health disorders in New England herds — Research reveals high incidence rate of metabolic disorders and possible new risk factors for ketosis
Buzz Burhans
Understanding nitrogen use in dairy cattle — Ration N content strongly impacts milk production, feed costs and N excreted to the environment
Larry Chase and Mike Van Amburgh
Eradicating milk fever and related disorders — There are no excuses for mineral-related metabolic disorders in transition cows
Tom Overton
Retained placentas: A new look at an old subject — Often though to be tied to nutritional problems, retained placentas really are linked to an immune system disorder
Tom Overton
The energy balance beam for close-up cows — Why in the world would anyone feed 5 to 8 pounds of chopped straw to a close-up dry cow?
Tom Overton
Transition cows: Room to improve — The growing body of knowledge on transition cow management helps dairies to improve the care and the health of this important group
Tom Overton
Focus on fresh-cow culls — In many Northeast dairies, too many cows leave herds within the first 60 days in milk
Tom Overton, Bill Stone, John Conway