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Training farm personnel has positive impacts on animal well-being and performance, thus increasing overall farm profitability.

Pain, inflammation, and stress during the transition period can negatively affect the well-being and performance of dairy cows during early lactation.

Precisos registros de salud y producción ayudan a los productores a tomar decisiones importantes y pueden ser una herramienta eficaz. Se incluye un modelo de plantilla para registros escritos a mano.

Hypocalcemia and systemic inflammation are normal physiological processes in a transition cow, but when exacerbated they can predispose cows to develop diseases and have a poor performance.

Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus is not a new pathogen, but it does pose a risk to humans.

A major goal of the cropping program is to produce feed cheaper than what can be purchased on the open market

Evaluating the feces or manure can provide information about general health, rumen fermentation, and digestive function of cows.

A new study shows melanoma is increasing in rural PA, underscoring the importance of a One Health approach to safeguard people, farms, and the environment.

The Penn State Extension Dairy Team offers milking evaluations to help dairy producers improve their milk quality and identify issues that could be contributing to an increased Somatic Cell Count (SCC).

Each year, several million dairy calves are transported in the United States, and the way we manage this process has a real impact on calf health and welfare.

Getting a heifer through her first milking can be a challenge. New research shows that training heifers to robots before freshening may help.

Findings from on-farm monitoring of dairies using gypsum as stall bedding show a link has been found to highly toxic levels of hydrogen sulfide gas during manure movement and agitation.

Hoja Informativa sobre Estándar de OSHA sobre Protección de Maquinarias

Hoja Informativa sobre Estabilidad e Inestabilidad del Tractor.

Automated manure and waste water handling is most often accomplished by collecting and storing manure and waste in storages located directly beneath the animals or in a nearby containment structure.

You may be familiar with the term selective dry cow therapy. From the name, we know the idea is to treat only some cows with an antimicrobial at dry-off.

Information on ventilation systems available at Penn State.

This article explains how adding a second and third large baffle inlet assembly to a 50-calf room can provide hot weather ventilation.

Ventilation inlet air speed monitors described here are a cheap and easy way to assess proper ventilation in livestock buildings.

Surprise! Open-air, outdoor manure storages pose dangers even with all that fresh air around.

Quick guide to key findings for hydrogen sulfide gas release when high sulfur content manure is agitated.

Increased awareness of manure gas dangers saves lives during manure storage agitation.

Summary of design suggestions for planning calf and heifer housing systems for Holstein dairy cattle; a starting point for the design process.

Summary of design suggestions for planning calf and heifer housing systems for Jersey cattle; a starting point for the design process.

Producers are encouraged to have a written protocol for non-ambulatory animals and treat them as a medical emergency.