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Session I. The Business of Dairying
Combating the Rising Cost of Feeding Cows
Jim Spain
Routine Herd Fertility Monitoring – A Necessity or Money Down the Drain?
Mark Varner
Facility Designs to Maximize Transition Cow Health and Productivity
Nigel B. Cook
Long-term Strategic Planning Of Dairy Businesses
Rob Bell
Session II. Dairy Policy Home and Abroad
An International Comparative Analysis of the Regulation in the Dairy Sector
Daniel-Mercier Gouin
Dairy Farmers Should Not Count On A Doha Round Failure
Mike Gifford
EU Milk Production Quotas
Julian Binfield
Impact of WTO on Dairy Producers
Yves Leduc
Session III. Animal Health and Productivity
Causes and Effects of Periparturient Immunosuppression
Matt Waldron and Xavier S. Revelo
Current Concepts on Immunity and Mastitis
Lorraine M. Sordillo
Raising Heifers With Healthy Hooves
Karl Burgi
Reducing Pain During Painful Procedures
Erin E. Fierheller
Session IV. Health, Management and Nutrition
The Role of Probiotics in Promoting Dairy Production
Johanne Chiquette
Strategies to Optimize Feed Intake in Lactating Cows
Mike. Allen and B. J. Bradford
Do You Feed Protein or Amino Acids to Make Milk?
Hélène Lapierre, D.R. Ouellet and L. Doepel
Impact of NDF Content and Digestibility on Dairy Cow Performance
Dave Mertens
Session V. Calves to Cows
Managing the Pre-weaned Calf
Bob James
Potential of Alternative Dairy Replacement Heifer Nutrition Programs to Reduce Economic Cost and Environmental Impact
Pat. Hoffman
Effectiveness of Vaccination Programs in Replacement Heifers
John Campbell
Ventilating Calf Barns in Winter
David W. Kammel
Session VI. Housing and Cow Welfare
Free-stall Design for Maximum Cow Comfort
Nigel B. Cook
Compost Bedded Pack Barns – Can They Work For You?
Marcia I. Endres
Nutritional Influences on Horn Quality and Hoof Health
Christoph K.W. Muelling
Flooring Options to Minimize Lameness and Optimize Welfare
Jeffrey Rushen and Anne Marie de Passillé
Session VII. Focus on Forage
Maximizing Forage Use by Dairy Cows
David R. Mertens
Using Pasture 150+ Days/Year In North-Central Alberta
Jan Slomp
Forage, Phosphorus and Soil on Dairy Farms
Shabtai Bittman
Getting the Most Out of Your Silage
Limin Kung, Jr
Abstracts
Cloning and Expression of Some Iron-Regulated Genes of Bovine Mastitis Staphylococcus Aureus
J. Blouin, C. Ster, P. Lacasse, M. Jacques, F. Malouin and M. S. Diarra
Optimal Weaning Strategies for High-Milk-Fed Dairy Calves
Sweeney B. , Rushen J. , Weary D.M. , De Passille A.M
Is The Colostrum Intake of Newborn Calves Affected By Time Since Birth and Provision of Heat?
Vasseur E., Rushen J., and de Passillé A. M
An Intervention Tool to Improve Health and Welfare of Replacement Heifers in Canadian Dairy Farms
Vasseur E, Rushen J., de Passillé AM., Lefebvre D. and Pellerin D.
Detection of Illness by Feeding Behaviour in Group-Housed Calves
Borderas T. F., Rushen J., von Keyserlingk M.A.G. and de Passillé A.M.
Temperature Preference of Newborn Calves Fed High And Low Levels of Milk
Borderas, T. F., de Passillé, A.M. and Rushen J
In Situ Ruminal Degradation of Fractional Corn Distillers Grains
W. Z. Yang, L. Armentano and Y. L. Li
Alfalfa Cut At Sundown and Harvested As Baleage Increases Performance of Late-Lactation Dairy Cows
A. F. Brito, G. F. Tremblay, A. Bertrand, Y. Castonguay, G. Bélanger, R. Michaud, H. Lapierre, C. Benchaar, H. V. Petit, D. R. Ouellet, and R.Berthiaume
Milk Fatty Acid Composition of Dairy Cows Fed Increasing Amounts of Linseed Oil
Chaouki Benchaar
The Effect of DairyPro on Milk Yield and Composition
David A Christensen and Leonard Underwood
Diagnosis of Subacute Ruminal Acidosis (SARA) On-Farm by Analyzing Bacterial Toxins in the Feces
J.C. Plaizier, S. Li, and D.O. Krause
Does Subclinical Mastitis Interfere With The Diagnosis Of Subacute Ruminal Acidosis (SARA) Based On Inflammatory Proteins In The Blood?
J.C. Plaizier and D.O. Krause
Effects of Supplemental Dietary Starch on Productivity and Reproductive Performance in Postpartum Dairy Cows
B. L. Dyck, L. Doepel, M.G. Colazo, D.J. Ambrose, M.K. Dyck
Fermentation Acid Absorption Influences the Severity of Subacute Ruminal Acidosis
G.B. Penner, J.R. Aschenbach, G. Gäbel, and M. Oba
Genotype of Stearoyl CoA Desaturase Affects Conjugated Linoleic Acid Production
L. Clark, S. Moore, and M. Oba
Use of Levucell® Yeast in Barley Based Dairy Cow Diets
Lucia Holtshausen, Karen Beauchemin, Jim Sullivan
The Effects of Replacing Barley Silage or Barley Grain with Dried Distillers Grains Plus Solubles on the Productivity of Lactating Dairy Cows
S. Z. Zhang, G. B. Penner and M. Oba
The Effects of Dietary Calcium Content and Dietary Cation-Anion Difference on Calcium Homeostasis in Dairy Cattle
M. Oba, A. E. Oakely, and G. F. Tremblay