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Session I. Getting the Most Out of Your Cows
Managing the Dairy Farm: Key Performance Indicators
Tom Fuhrmann
Feeding Dairy Cows for Longevity
Randy Shaver
Feed Efficiency: Its Economic Impact In Lactating Dairy Cows
Jim Linn
Genetics of Longevity and Productive Life
Kent Weigel
Session II. Feeding and Management
Minimizing Subclinical Metabolic Diseases in Dairy Cows
Todd Duffield
Challenges in Protein Nutrition for Dairy Cows
Lorraine Doepel
Assessing and Adjusting the Energy Value of Feeds
Bill Weiss
New Forage Options for Western Canada
Surya Acharya
Session III. The Business of Dairying
Motivating Employees
Tom Fuhrmann
An Integrated Precision Production and Environmental Management Analysis of a Kentucky Dairy Farm
Carl Dillon
Product Quality in the Canadian Dairy Industry
Kathy Baylis
Session IV. Lessons Learned on Farm
Marginal Thinking: Making Money on a Dairy Farm
Steve Eicker
Feeding Practices of High-Producing Herds: What Can We Learn?
Herb Bucholtz
Benchmarking High Producing Herds
Randy Shaver
Challenges Facing the Dairy Industry Today
Carl Loewith
Session V. Water, Vitamins and Minerals
Water, the Forgotten Nutrient
Vern Osborne
Meeting the Mineral Needs of Dairy Cows
Mike Socha
Impact of Minerals in Water on Dairy Cows
Jim Linn
Are Your Cows Getting the Vitamins They Need?
Bill Weiss
Session VI. Health and Management
Controlling Inbreeding in Modern Dairy Breeding Programs
Kent Weigel
Mastitis: The Canadian Perspective
Richard Olde Riekerink
The Role of Hygiene in Efficient Milking
Pamela Ruegg
On-Farm Carcass Disposal Options for Dairies
Kim Stanford
Session VII. Milking Management
Planning and Starting a New Milking Parlour: Software to Estimate Milking Center Costs and Performance
Doug Reinemann
The Seven Habits of Highly Successful Milking Routines
Pamela Ruegg
Tools for Milk Quality
Ralph Farnsworth
Canadian Quality Milk Program – An Update
Nicole Sillet
Abstracts
Effect of Wheat Supplementation on Lactation Performance in Dairy Cows
L. Doepel, A. Cox, and A. Hayirli
Effect of Dietary Wheat Supplementation on Dairy Cow Performance Is Not Influenced By the Addition of Rumen Buffers
L. Doepel and A. Cox
Harvesting the Health Promise of Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA)
Vince Ohama, CLA Network Manager, Bruce Beattie, CLA Network Chair
Effect of Grain Source on the Requirements of Dairy Cows for Physically Effective Fibre
Wen Z. Yang and Karen A. Beauchemin
Benefits of Managing Methane Emissions from Dairy Cows
Sean M. McGinn and Karen A. Beauchemin
Feed intake, Digestion, Milk Production, and Milk Composition in Dairy Cows Fed Natural Plant Extracts.
C. Benchaar
Effect Of Post-Ruminal Supply Of Amino Acids On Feed Intake And Milk Production Of Lactating Dairy Cows
T. Whyte, A. Hayirli, H. Lapierre, and L. Doepel
Effects of Timing of Feed Delivery on Daily Rhythms in Glucose and Insulin in Blood Plasma and Glucose Tolerance in Dairy Cows
Furedi, C.J., Kennedy, A.D., Nikkhah, A. Plaizier, J.C
Could Luteotropic Agents Prevent Or Delay The Effect Of Prostaglandin F2 In Cattle?
D. J. Ambrose, G. Thangavelu, M. G. Colazo, L. A. Goonewardene
Fertility Profile Determination in Bovine Spermatozoa: Marker Linked To NRR
Claudia Lalancette, Catherine Thibault and Nathalie Bissonnette
Feed Stalls Affect the Social and Feeding Behaviour of Lactating Dairy Cows
T. J. DeVries and M. A. G. von Keyserlingk
Use of a Local Anaesthetic to Validate Two Measures of Lameness in Dairy Cows.
Jeffrey Rushen, Emilie Pombourcq and Anne Marie de Passillé