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Session I. Current and Future Challenges In Dairying
Defining the Future of Animal Agriculture
Charlie Arnot
Finding the Tools to Achieve Longevity in Canadian Dairy Cows
Blair Murray
International Dairy Market Prospects: Promising Future But Ensure Seat Belts Buckled And Crash Hats On!
David Hughes
Why Science Isn’t Enough – What Consumers Need To Trust Dairy Today
Charlie Arnot
Session II. Reproduction
Linking Reproduction and Hoof Health
Ronaldo Cerri
How to Minimize the Impacts of Dystocia on the Health and Survival of Dairy Calves
Jason Lombard
Using Behavior to Improve Housing and Management Around the Time of Calving
Margit Bak Jensen
New Research on Controlled Breeding Programs for Dairy Cattle
Marcos Colazo
Session III. The Dairy Industry-Consumer Continuum
Influencing Fluid Milk Sales with Innovative Product Attributes
Ellen Goddard
The Trans Pacific Partnership: Implications for Supply Management and the Canadian Dairy Industry
Bruce Muirhead
Dairy Farming under the Social Media Microscope
Christina Crowley
Sharing the Canadian Dairy Farmer Story with Our Consumers and Elected Officials
Wally Smith
Session IV. New Approaches and Technologies in Dairying
New Technologies in Precision Dairy Management
Jeffrey Bewley
Application and Cost Effectiveness of Dairy Genomics
Blair Murray
Strategies for Increasing On-Farm Profitability
Rebecca White
Group Housing and Milk Feeding Of Dairy Calves
Margit Bak Jensen
Session V. Feeding and Forages
Impact of Feeding Management on Cow Behaviour, Health, and Productivity
Trevor DeVries
Nutritional Management of Milk Fat
Adam Lock
Getting More from Our Conventional Feeds: Barley Grain and Barley Silage
Masahito Oba
High Quality Forages – How Sweet Should They Be?
Robert Berthiaume
Session VI. Digital Dermatitis and Lameness
Non-Infectious Lameness
André Desrochers
Digital Dermatitis: Dynamics and Management
Arturo Gomez Rivas
Treatment Strategies for Digital Dermatitis for the UK
Marijntje Speijers
Decreasing Lameness and Increasing Cow Comfort on Alberta Dairy Farms
Laura Solano
Session VII. Dairy Health and Productivity
Performance on Dairy Farms – Findings from NAHMS Studies
Jason Lombard
The Norwegian Mastitis Control Program: Lessons to Learn
Olav Østerås
Using Physiological Markers to Detect Health and Production Problems in Transition Dairy Cows
Julie Huzzey
Practical Methods for Mastitis Control
Christina Petersson-Wolfe
Abstracts
Effectiveness of On-Farm Tools for Measuring Colostrum Quality
Amanda Bartier, Claire Windeyer and Lorraine Doepel
Can You Identify Acidosis Tolerant Cows In Your Herd?
X.S. Gao and M. Oba
The Maternity Pen from the Cow’s Perspective
K. L. Proudfoot, D. M. Weary, M. B. Jensen, M. A. G. von Keyserlingk
Reducing Milk Leakage at Dry-Off
G. Zobel, D.M. Weary, K. Leslie and M.A.G. von Keyserlingk
Pregnancy per AI in Holstein Heifers Inseminated With Sexed Semen after Detected Estrus or Timed-AI
M.G. Colazo and D.J. Ambrose
Effect of Pasteurization on Uptake of Colostral IgG in the Newborn Calf in the First 12 Hours
C. Kent-Dennis, A. Ruiz-Sanchez, W. Dixon, and T. B. McFadden
Investigation of Net Feed Efficiency in Dairy Cattle
G. Manafiazar, T. McFadden, L. Goonewardene, E. Okine, and Z. Wang
Effect of a Novel Biochemical Approach on Methane Production and Animal Performance
J. Haisan, Y. Sun, L. Guan, K. Beauchemin, S. Duval, D.R. Barred and M. Oba
Limited Supply of Phenylalanine and Threonine, but Not Tryptophan, Decreases Milk Protein Yield
I.H. Irosha1, H. Lapierre, and L. Doepel
Age and Dose Dependent Susceptibility to Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Infection in Dairy Cattle
Rienske Mortier, Herman W. Barkema, Karin Orsel, Gwen Roy, Robert Wolf, Jeroen De Buck
Clinical Mastitis Caused by Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci in Canadian Dairy Herds
Larissa A. Zeni Condas, Jeroen De Buck, Herman W. Barkema.
Johne’s Disease Transmission: Investigating the Diversity of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in the Canadian Dairy Industry
Christina A Ahlstrom, Herman W Barkema, Jeroen De Buck
Genetic Variability of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus in Persistently Infected Cattle within Western Canadian Dairy Herds
Natalie Dow and Frank van der Meer
Economic Evaluation of Participation in the Alberta Johne’s Disease Initiative (AJDI) From A Farmer’s Perspective
Wolf, R, Clement, F, Barkema, HW and Orsel, K
How Fast Does the Rumen Adapt?
B.L. Schurmann, M.E. Walpole, P. Gorka, and G.B. Penner
Does The Concentration of Ruminal Ammonia Affect the Urea Recycled to the Rumen?
M.E. Walpole, G.B. Penner, and T. Mutsvangwa
Increasing Diet Fermentability Increases Urea Recycled To the Rumen
M.E. Walpole, B.L. Schurmann, P. Gorka, G.B. Penner, M. E. Loewen, and T. Mutsvangwa
Calves Can Be Taught To Urinate In A Specific Place
Alison Vaughan, Anne Marie de Passille, Joseph Stookey, Jeffrey Rushen
Combination of Bacterial and Yeast Probiotics for Lactating Cows Submitted To a Sub-Acute Rumen Acidosis Challenge
J. Chiquette, J. Lagrost, C.Girard, G.Talbot, S. Li3 and K.Plaizier
Effects of Different N-6/N-3 Fatty Acid Ratios and Of the Mammalian Lignan Enterolactone on Dairy Cow Endometrial Cells.
M.F. Palin, C. Hallé, A.K. Goff, H.V. Petit, R. Blouin
Reducing Metabolic Stress of Dairy Cows during the Transition Period by Partial Milking or Nursing.
E. Carbonneau, A-M De Passille, J. Rushen, B. Talbot and P.Lacasse
Rumen Degradability Of Four Protein Sources: Soybean Meal (SBM), Canola Meal (CM) And Corn or Wheat Dried Distillers Grains (DDG)
G. Maxin, D.R. Ouellet and H. Lapierre
Effect of Increasing Amounts of Corn Dried Distillers’ Grains with Solubles in Dairy Cow Diets on Enteric Methane Emissions, Digestibility, and Milk Production.
C. Benchaar, F. Hassanat, R. Gervais, P. Y. Chouinard, D. I. Massé
Osteopontin Gene Is Associated with Johne’s Disease
N. Bissonnette
Evaluation of DM, NDF, and Starch Ruminal Degradabilities of Corn Hybrids: A Three-Year Study.
Ouellet, D. R., Tremblay, G. F., and Mustafa, A. F.
Effects of Diets Rich in Unsaturated Fatty Acids on Milk Urea Nitrogen (MUN) Levels and Potential for Genetic Selection of MUN
E.M. Ibeagha-Awemu, A.A. Ammah, F. Beaudoin, N. Bissonnette and C. Benchaar
Feeding Canola Meal to Dairy Cows: A Meta-Analysis Suggests That NRC (2001) Underestimates the Supply of Metabolizable Protein from Canola Meal
R. Martineau, D. R. Ouellet, and H. Lapierre
An Investigation of the Effects of Ketoprofen Following Rumen Fistulation Surgery in Lactating Dairy Cows
Nathalie C. Newby, Cassandra B. Tucker, David L. Pearl, Stephen J. LeBlanc, Ken E. Leslie, Marina A.G. von Keyserlingk, Todd F. Duffield
Assessing Variability in Dairy Heifer Body Weights
G.B. Bond, M. von Keyserlingk, N. Chapinal, E.A. Pajor, D. Weary
Dairy Producer Knowledge Of and Agreement with the Code of Practices Regarding Calf Management in the Province Of Alberta
G.B. Bond, C. Tse, E.A. Pajor
Dairy Management Practices in Alberta and its Accordance to the Code of Practices
C. Tse, G. Bond, E. Vasseur, A.M. de Passille, J. Rushen, E. Pajor