Providing you with how to watch for freshened does to taking care of your herd.  Scan through the articles to find the one that answers your questions.

• Good Feed Management is Key
  • Feed, diet, ingredients, weight, mixing
  • Liz Binversie, September/October 2018
• Proper Handling of Vaccines
  • Vaccines, vaccination, vaccine cooler, disease, illness
  • Lyssa Seefeldt May/June 2018
• Fresh Cow Health for Productive Lactation
  • Keywords: fresh cow, prevention, treatment, disease antibiotics
  • Dr. Michele Barret, DVM Zoetis Dairy Services
• The Importance of Clean Colostrum
  • Keywords: antibodies, colostrum, calf health
  • Vicky Lauer, ANIMART Inc
• To Help or Not to Help, that is the Question
  • Calving assistance, calving problems, calf presentation
  • Mark Hagedorn March/April 2017
• Select the Right Tool for the Job
  • Keywords: needle gauge, intravenous, subcutaneous, injection, quality assurance
  • Lyssa Seafeldt, January/February 2017
• Winter Strategies for Enhancing Teat Health & Milk Quality
  • Keywords: teat health, teat damage, teat dip dips, cold, freezing, mastitis
  • Heather Schlesser, November/December 2016
• Cattle Handling
  • Keywords: handling, moving, movement, attitude, stress
  • Matt Lippert, November/December 2016
• Handling Down Cattle
  • Keywords: lame cattle, down cattle, handling, humane
  • Greg Blonde, Dr. Bob Leder, November/December 2015
• How to Read a Drug Label
  • Keywords: vaccination, antibiotic, drug label
  • Lyssa Seefeldt, September/October 2015
• Fly Control
  • Physical, biological, chemical control, manure
  • Heather Schlesser, July/August 2015
• Animal Safety & Care is Important
  • Keywords: handling, care, safety, cattle behavior, herd animals
  • Ryan Sterry, May/June 2013
• Learn to identify sick cows when working in a freestall barn 
  • Keywords: observation, discharge, coughing, abnormal
  • Zen Miller, September/October 2014
• How Cattle See
  • Keywords: Vision
  • Maria Bendixen, May/June 2009
• How to Spot Feed Sorting
  • Keywords: sorting, feed rations
  • Maria Bendixen, March/April 2013
• Importance of Johne’s Prevention & Control Methods
  • Keywords: bacteria found in manure, sanitation, contagious diseases
  • January/February 2012
• The Importance of Record Keeping
  • Keywords: withdrawl time, treatment information, drug, antibiotics.
  • Lysaa Seefledt, March/April 2015
• Proper Treatment Protocols
  • Keywords: withdrawal time, needle gauge, injection site, lesions, abscesses.
  • Lyssa Seefeldt, January/February 2015
• Help Cows Beat the Heat
  • Keywords: heat, temperature, milk yield, heat wave, heat stress, feed intake, water
  • Dr. Armon Hetzel, July/August 2014
• Keeping Cows Cooler during the Summer
  • Keywords: need to keep cows comfortable, hydrated
  • Abby Huibregtse, July/August 2011
• Left-Sided Pings & What They Mean
  • Keywords: DA’s in Cattle, PING
  • Sandy Stuttgen, July/August 2009
• More Laying Time means More Milk for Cows
  • Keywords: making cows more comfortable
  • Abby Huibregtse, July/August 2012  
• Putting a Halter on a Cow
  • Keywords: halter
  • September/October 2012
    
• Right-sided Pings and What They Mean
  • Keywords: DA diagnosis, PING
  • Sandy Stuttgen, March/April 2009
• The Basics of Fresh Cow Exams
  • Keywords: freshening, displaced abomasum (DA), examination of cows, abnormal discharge, diarrhea
  • Zen Miller, January/February 2013
• Understanding the World from a Cow’s Perspective
  • Keywords: sight, hearing, memory and behavior
  • September/October 2011
• Using Crowd Gates Properly
  • Keywords: efficiency, safety
  • November/December 2010
• Why Does Handling Matter?
  • Keywords: do not create a negative image, cattle handling, flight zone
  • Lyssa Seefeldt, September/October 2010