Herd Management

To be efficient and profitable, dairy operations require good, simple management protocols that will be followed. Listed below are protocols you can download and customize for your farm and other herd management resources.

Dairy Management Protocols (Missouri)

Fresh Cow
Handling Fresh Cows - PDF or Word
Pre-fresh, Freshen, and Post-fresh - PDF or Word
Fresh Cow Treatment - PDF or Word
Fresh Cow - PDF or Word
Proactive Fresh Cow - PDF
Calves
Colostrum - PDF or Word
New and Sick Calf - PDF or Word
Newborn Calf - PDF or Word
Sick Calf - PDF or Word
Milk Quality
Dry Cow - PDF or Word
Simple Mastitis - PDF or Word
Mastitis Culture - PDF or Word
Clinical Mastitis - PDF or Word
Vaccinations
Herd Health for Heifers - PDF or Word
Herd Health for Cow Herd - PDF or Word
Pre-Calving Heifer Vaccinations - PDF or Word
Reproduction
Estrus Synchronization - PDF or Word
Diseases
Treatments - PDF or Word

DISCLAIMER: These pages were developed as generic protocols, complete protocols should be developed with the assistance of your local veterinarian.

Other Management Protocols

Biosecurity and Animal Health Protocols (Illinois)
Dairy Herd Vaccination Program (Arkansas)

Management

Dairy Management (Wisconsin)
Fresh Cow Program Management (Pfizer)
Dairy Health and Program Management (Pfizer)
Dairy Records Management Systems
Evaluating Dairy Cattle using Lifetime Production (Purdue)
National Dairy Well Being Initiative
Dairy Management (Florida)
Dairy Publications (Nebraska)
Pro Dairy (Cornell)
Dairy Publications (Arkansas)
National Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Western Dairy Management Conference Proceedings

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For questions concerning this page or topics, please contact:
Scott Poock Dairy Veterinarian