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Practical Techniques for
Dairy Farmers (3rd Edition)

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Pages i - iii (46 KB)

Cover
Acknowledgements
Preface
Table of Contents
     
 

Pages 1-19 (379 KB)

Calving Assistance
Resuscitating a Newborn Calf
Passing an Esophagus Tube
Identify Dairy Animals
Freeze Branding for Permanent Identification
Managing Hutches in the Winter
Removing Dewclaws
Removing Extra Teats
Tail Docking

     
 

Pages 20-30 (192 KB)

Surgical Castration
Bloodless Castration
Implanting Dairy Steers
Dehorning Calves and Older Animals

         Caustic Stick or Paste
     Tube Dehorning
     Electric Dehorning
     Barnes-type Dehorners, Clippers, Saws
     Anesthetic During Dehorning
     
 

Pages 31-50 (311 KB)

Taking an Animal's Temperature
Tips on Giving Injections
     Intramuscular
     Subcutaneous
     Intravenous

    Minimizing Calf Scours
         Prevention
     Treatment
    Treating Pinkeye
Treating Ringworm
Lice and Mange Infestations
Choke
Treating Abscesses
Proper Handling and Storage of Injectables
     
 
Pages 51-56 (132 KB)

Tying Farm Knots
     Overhand Knot
     Square Knot
     Granny Knot
     Reefer's Knot
     Surgeon's Knot
     Honda Knot
     Bowline Knot
     Ring Knot
     Double Sheet Bend Knot
     Quick Release Knot
     Double Half Hitch

    Making a Rope Halter
     Finishing the Rope Ends
     Making the Halter
     Finishing the Nose Piece (Alternative 1)
     Finishing the Nose Piece (Alternative 2)

     
 
Pages 57-73 (462 KB)

Training a Heifer for Show

         Selection
     Halter Breaking
     Training to Lead
     Feeding
    Clipping and Grooming for Show
         Weeks Prior to Show Day
     Within a Few Days of Show Day
     Show Day
   

In the Show Ring
Cattle Restraint
     Restraining Calves
     Casting an Animal
     Raising the Feet
     Nose Lead
     Headgates and Squeeze Chutes
     Tilt Tables
     Hoof-Trimming Chutes

    Working with First-Calf Heifers
Handling Bulls
     
 
Pages 74-83 (172 KB)

Recognizing Heat Signs in Heifers
Using a Heat Detection Aid
Heat Synchronization
     Synchromate-B
     Prostaglandin
     Prostaglandin plus MGA
     Ovsynch Program

    Artificially Inseminating Cows
Storing and Handling Frozen Semen
     
 
Pages 84-89 (113 KB)

Trimming Hooves
Treating Sole Abscesses
Using Footbaths

     
 
Pages 90-103 (221 KB)

Good Milking Management
Clipping Cows
     Singeing Hair Off the Udder

   

Milking Equipment Maintenance
Proper Use and Care of Inflations
Detecting and Treating Mastitis
Sampling Forages

     
 
Page 104 (6 KB)

Subject Index


 

Bound copies of the book are no longer available. Questions may be directed to Tony Seykora, Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, Telephone: 612-624-3448.