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UW-Extension Western WI Start Them Right…Raise Them Right – Calf Management Seminar

Thursday, September 10, 2015, UW-Extension Dairy Team will be hosting “Start Them Right…Raise Them Right” Calf Management Seminar to help producers enhance their calf management program.  The meeting will be held at the Clarion Hotel & Convention Center, 2703 Craig Road, Eau Claire, WI.  Featured presenters include:
  • UW-Extension Animal Well-being Specialist Amy Stanton on “Management of Group Housing”
  • UW-Extension Oconto County Agriculture Agent Sarah Mills-Lloyd, DVM, on “Your Mother Was Right!  Cleanliness is Important to Calves”
  • Vitaplus Dairy Youngstock Technical Specialist Noah Litherland on “Five Steps Towards a Proactive Approach to Achieving Greater Transition Calf Success”
  • UW School of Veterinary Medicine Theresa Ollivett, DVM on “Thoracic Ultrasound and Bovine Respiratory Disease”.  Included in the meeting will be interactive sessions on manual and ultrasound calf respiratory scoring, calf sanitation audits and farm tours.
  • Lightening Round Sessions with Dr. Larry Bauman, UWRF discussing “Veterinary Feeding Directive (VFD)” and Dr. Matt Akins, PhD, Marshfield Ag Research Station discussing “Updated ICPA Heifer Raising Costs”
The program is open to any individuals with interest regarding calf management and dairy farms.  The fee for the program is $35 per person which includes materials and lunch.  Registration deadline is September 1.  Register after September 1 the fee per person is $40.
 
 

 


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