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NOVEMBER 2008 HOMEWORK 5
1. Utah State University has a pdf file of a powerpoint presentation that reviews bovine metabolic diseases here.
2. Purdue University has a review of hepatic lipidosis in cattle.
3. University of Florida has a review of monitoring health in dairy cows.
4. For information on bovine ketosis and the Ross test (Rothera test) check this.
5. What does a cow's chomosomes have to do with ketosis? Ohio State has information about the risk of ketosis with several dairy cow diseases.
6. Still more information on ketosis can be found here.
7. Here is a link to feeding and managing the transition dairy cow.
8. For information on downer cows check this out.
9. At the University of Wisconsin what devices are used in the supportive care of downer cows?
10. For more information about downer cows you can check this reference.
11. Here is an excellent reference on transition cow metabolic problems.
12. Here is the link to vaca resources, Dr. Donald Sanders from Urbana, Ohio.
14. What is the estimated number of sub-clinical cases of mastitis in a herd for every detected clinical case?
15. This website gives an overview of the basics of milking machine function.
16. Questions about mastitis vaccination can be answered here.
17. What is the purported advantage of robotic milking systems?
19. For lots of information about mastitis you can check these links. Which pathogen is linked to udder suicide? Check this link and go to page 5 for the answer.
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Here is some information about stray voltage. What is stray voltage with respect to mastitis and milk quality?
Here is some information about stray voltage. What is stray voltage with respect to mastitis and milk quality?21. Under udder health products, check out Labo Solidago. This is homeopathy.
22. For a review of Streptococcus agalactiae mastitis check out this page from AABP.
23. Here is a link to information from McGill University in Quebec about
treating mastitis without antibiotics.
24. Here is a link to control of coliform mastitis from Utah.
25. Go here for more information about udder singeing. This is a procedure used to improve milk quality.
13. Here are two references to dietary cation anion balance or difference for your reference.
26. Believe it or not, there is Moo-Tube.
27. For more information on Leptospirosis, here is a PDF file.
28. Here is a link to VLA where you can find information on BSE.
29. Here is a link to a page at Tuskegee with a summary on listeriosis in cattle.
30. Here is some more information on nervous coccidiosis.
31. Here is a link to the Center for Food Security and Public Health at Iowa State University. Check out the animal disease menu.
32. For more information on a number of cattle diseases, the Iowa Beef Center has a number of publications, including on on clostridial diseases.
33. Here is a link to information with pictures about botulism in cattle.
35. Here is a link to a page of student presentations at the Great Plains center. Some have quizzes available.
36. Which breed of beef cattle is most susceptible to bovine pinkeye?
37. Here is a link to the thermal instrument and technique demonstrated in class.
