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  • Selective dry cow treatment:  Is it something I should try?
  • Treated cows:  Keep that stuff out of the tank!
  • Bimodal milking:  What is it and why does it matter?​
  • Making a plan for chronically high SCC cows
  • Heat of the summer and coliform mastitis
  • Benefits of grooming stalls
  • Benefits of feeding more liquid calories to calves
  • Good colostrum management = more milk as adults
  • Antibiotic treatments for mastitis
  • Winter teat care
  • The effect of bedding on milk quality
  • Revisiting culture-based mastitis treatments
  • Summer and the bulk tank SCC
  • Teat dip, what's the point?
  • What do those numbers mean at the creamery?
  • Spring cleaning
  • Internal teat sealants revisited:  New options
  • Heifers and mastitis:  No way to start her career
  • Mastitis affects reproduction in dairy cows
  • 3 things you cannot have to achieve a low SCC:  Part 2
  • 3 things you cannot have to achieve a low SCC:  Part 1
  • Effects of facility on udder health:  Part 2
  • Effects of facility on udder health:  Part 1
  • What drives profitability on commercial dairies:  Part 2
  • What drives profitability on commercial dairies:  Part 1
  • Tetracycline and lame cows
  • Naps are not just for kids
  • Revisiting the bovine first aid kit
  • Strengthening your calf care program 
  • Pasture management, mastitis, and plowing out stalls
  • Turn out time
  • Why do we culture mastitis cows?
  • From the beginning (colostrum in calves)
  • ​Are your heifers weighing you down? Part 2
  • Are your heifers weighing you down?  Part 1​
  • Adapting the 5 C's of calf care to cold weather
  • Health goals:  Where should we aim to be?
  • You can't measure what you don't monitor
  • Beat the heat:  Don't forget about dry cows!
  • Don't let your calves fall into a transition slump: Part 2 
  • Don't let your calves fall into a transition slump:  Part 1
  • Pesky Prototheca
  • Abomasal bloat in calves​
  • Thoracic ultrasound used for replacement culling
  • Emergency calf resuscitation kit
  • Net Herd Replacement Costs and its effect on cash flow
  • ​Selective dry cow therapy review​
  • Needles:  One size does not fit all
  • Dirty jobs:  Dehorning part 3
  • Dirty jobs:  Dehorning part 2
  • Dirty jobs:  Dehorning part 1​
  • Liquid gold:  Colostrum's effect on the calf
  • Calf electrolytes are not created equal
  • Cleanliness is next to godliness
  • Nature is cruel, we don't have to be
  • Pregnancy = Profit 2
  • Pregnancy = Profit​
  • Twinning
  • Culture-based mastitis treatment
  • Cold weather calf care
  • Check out Dr. Jim Bennett's column in the Dairy Star here!​

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