Keeping Ontario dairy cows healthy and disease free is in the best interests of the farmer and the dairy industry. This section of our website contains information on udder health, disease, hoof health, biosecurity, livestock medicines, poisonous plants and precision dairying.

Udder Health and Mastitis Topics

• Boosting Births - Keeping Mastitis Out Of Your Herd May Improve Reproductive Success
• Coliform Mastitis
• Direct Connection Environmental Mastitis and Reproductive Performance
• Does Lime Stop Mastitis?
• Dry dairy cow therapy choices
• Hard Data on Soft Science - How the 'People' Factor Affects Milk Quality
• Keeping Milk Bacteria Counts Low
• Prototheca - Unseen Danger
• Staph. Aureus Mastitis
• Strep. Ag. Mastitis
• Strep. Non-Ag. Mastitis
• The SCC Conundrum - You May Reduce Herd Somatic Cell Counts Without More Clinical Mastitis
• Troubleshooting Antibiotic Residues in Milk and Dairy Beef
• What's the best method for drying-off dairy cows?

Disease

• Anaplasmosis in Dairy Cattle
• Bovine Tuberculosis - Mycobacterium bovis
• Double Jeopardy - Cows with Ketosis
• Hot Tips for Cool Cows
• Canadian Johne's Initiative

Hoof Health

Livestock Medicines

• The Need to Read - Drug Label Directions Enhance Health of Livestock and Bottom Line

Body Condition Scoring

Precision Dairy Management

Poisonous Plants