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Managing the transition period through protocols- A systems based approach
Schuler A., Diaz-Royon F.
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Producing a safe, wholesome, nutritious product at an economically viable price is the primary goal of dairy producers. Over the past century there have been significant technological and scientific advancements that have resulted in increased efficiency; increases production; decreases in environmental costs per unit of food; and decreases in the cost of production, in an unprecedented manner. While dramatic increases in productivity per cow as well as improved labor and feed efficiency ratios are the primary drivers of the reduced cost of production, the individual cow is still the heart of the dairy economic model. No matter the size, farm level profitability is the direct result of the cow being influenced by four primary factors: 1) Genetics 2) Nutrition 3) People 4) Environment. When all four of these factors are aligned, a healthy cow results in a healthy herd, resulting in profitable farms.
To date, the dairy industry has largely relied on lagging metrics as indicators of performance. Percentage of heifers returned to the lactating herd, 21-day pregnancy risk, and 30- and 60-day cull rates, are only three of many of examples of common lagging metrics used to evaluate performance. Arguably, no singular portion of a cow’s lifecycle has been as extensively documented as the transition period. The goal of this presentation is to describe the clinical aspects of managing herd health throughout the transition period. We will do this by focusing on well-defined and common disease conditions, managing those conditions extraordinarily well, and consistently utilizing the information to look ahead and see where the dairy is headed. We propose that by maintaining the cow as the center of system and implementing leading metrics (focused on the four primary factors above during the transition period) cow productivity and farm profitability can be reliably predicted.
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Affiliation of the authors at the time of publication
Marshall Ridge Farms, USA;
Dellait, LLC., Brookings, USA
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