Dairy - Health Management and Biosecurity
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
- Focus on Feet - Wet feet may be okay for ducks but moisture can lead to cows on the limp
- Making changes to improve your dairy herd's hock scores should not be left to the last minute
Livestock Medicines
Additional livestock medicine information.
Body Condition Scoring
- Cull Cow Decision Tree
- Cull cow welfare is important to the dairy industry's reputation
- Body Condition Scoring of Dairy Cattle (Order no. 00-109)
- Automated Body Condition Scoring
Precision Dairy Management
- Precision Dairy Management and the Future of Dairy Production in Ontario (Order no. 07-065)
- Precision Management
Biosecurity
For more information:
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