Table of Content
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Session I. Transforming Challenges into Opportunities
Are the Immediate Challenges Faced by the British Dairy Industry Applicable to Canada?
Gwyn Jones
What Does the Re-vamp of the Canadian Food Guide Mean for Dairy?
Harvey Anderson
Dairy Cows with Less Antibiotics!
Tine van Werven
Session II. Principles of Farm Management
A Requirement for Dairy Farm Success: Hiring and Retaining an Excellent Workforce
Bob Milligan
Motivating On-Farm Change
Steven Roche
What is Happening in Facility Design to Improve Cow Comfort and Health?
Jan Hulsen
Benchmarking Health and Management across the Canadian Dairy Herd
David Kelton
Session III. Fundamentals of Nutritional Management
Adapting Current Practices to Automatic Milking Systems: Pros and Cons
Àlex Bach
Nutritional Management of Fresh Cows: Helping for a Smooth Take Off
Masahito Oba
Recent Advances in Our Understanding of Fatty Acid Digestion and Metabolism in Lactating Dairy
Adam Lock
Keys to Producing High Quality Corn Silage in Western Canada
Karen Beauchemin
Session IV. Student Research and Producer Panel
Student Research Presentation Competition
What are the Risk Factors for Digital Dermatitis and How Big is their Influence?
Ellen de Jong
Genetic Analysis of Subclinical Mastitis Resistance in Early Lactation
Saranya Narayana
The Quantity of Concentrate Offered in an Automated Milking System (AMS) on Dry matter Intake (DMI), Milking Frequency, Milk and Component Yield, and Ruminal Fermentation When Provided Isocaloric Diets
Keshia Paddick
Offering Differing Planes of Nutrition to Holstein Heifer Calves in the Pre- and Post-Weaning Phases and the Effects on Intake, Growth, and Efficiency
Justin Rosadiuk
Effects of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Fermentation Product Supplementation and Starch Content of Fresh Diets on Performance of Dairy Cows in Early Lactation
Weina Shi
High Management Score Herds: How Do They Achieve It? – Producer Panel
Cees Haanstra, Chris McLaren, and Dave Taylor
Session V. Replacements – Management Pre- and Post-weaning
Setting the Stage for the Future Cow: Managing and Feeding During Early Life
Àlex Bachall
Rethinking Colotrum: It’s More Than Just Immunoglobulins
Mike Van Amburgh
Session VI. Advances in Genetics and Reproduction
Genetics, Genomics and Beyond: What to Expect From New Technologies in Dairy Cattle Breeding
Christine Baes
Farm Management Decisions in the Era of Genomics
Brian Van Doormaal
Can Genomics be Used to Improve Reproductive Performance?
Pablo Pinedo
New Advances in the Management of Uterine Disease
Fabio Lima
Session VII. Technology and Facilities
New Developments in Mastitis Research
Tine van Werven
Lessons Learned from the Canadian Johne’s Disease Programs
Herman Barkema
Stop Creating Lameness – Detecting Lame Cows: Anytime and All the Time
Karin Orsel
Lameness Treatment and Prevention: No Pain, No Lame
Gerard Cramer
Poster Abstracts
Maximizing rates of genetic progress in Canadian dairy cattle by using alternate genomic methodologies
L.F. Brito, A.R.Guarini, H.R. de Oliveira, Z. Karimi, K. Alves, F. Miglior, F.S. Schenkel
Capitalizing on mid-infrared spectral data for the improvement of milk composition and cow health
A. Fleming, S. Nayeri, R. A. Ali, M. Corredig, F. S. Schenkel, and F. Miglior
Behavior and productivity of fresh cows in robotic herds prior to diagnosis of health disorders
M. King, S. LeBlanc, E. Pajor, T. Wright, and T. DeVries
Milk yield relative to supplement intake and rumination time differs by health status for fresh cows in robotic herds
M. King, K. Sparkman, and T. DeVries
Enhancing resistance to digital dermatitis in Canadian dairy herds
F. Malchiodi, J. Jamrozik, A. M. Christen, G. Kistemaker, P. G. Sullivan, B. J. Van Doormaal, D. F. Kelton, F. S. Schenkel and F. Miglior
Monitoring in-line milk progesterone profiles to benchmark ovarian dysfunction associated with reduced fertility in Holstein herds
T.C. Bruinjé, M.G. Colazo, M. Gobikrushanth, and D.J. Ambrose
Effects of pre- and post-weaning planes of nutrition on reproductive development of pre-pubertal Holstein heifers
T.C. Bruinjé, F. Moslemipur, J. Rosadiuk, J. Carrelli, M.A. Steele, D.J. Ambrose
Evaluation of a novel estrus detection device (Flashmate™) in Holstein heifers
M.G. Colazo and K. Macmillan
Associations among Available Fertility Indexes and Reproductive Performance in Alberta Dairy Cows
M. Gobikrushanth, K. Macmillan, D. Hipkin and M.G. Colazo
Relationships among Postpartum Body Condition Score Change and Productive and Reproductive Performance in Alberta Dairy Cows
M. Gobikrushanth, A. Behrouzi, K. Macmillan and M.G. Colazo
Is Predicted Transmitting Ability for Productive life associated to prevalence of early postpartum disorders in Alberta Holstein cows?
M.G. Colazo, M. Gobikrushanth, D. Hipkin and B. Hoff
Is Rectal Temperature an Effective Tool to Decide When to Treat Early Lactation Dairy Cows?
K. Macmillan, N. J. Cook, M. G. Colazo
The Efficient Dairy Genome Project
Mary De Pauw, Ellen Goddard, Paul Stothard, Zhiquan Wang, Christine Baes, Angela Cánovas, Francesca Malchiodi, Flavio Schenkel, Filippo Miglior
Oligosaccharide and IgG concentrations throughout the first week of lactation in multiparous and primiparous Holstein dairy cattle
A.J. Fischer, K. Hertogs, B. Hatew-Chuko, and M.A. Steele
Ano-genital distance as a Novel Reproductive Phenotype – an update
M. Gobikrushanth, T.C. Bruinjé, M.G. Colazo, S. T. Butler, F. Miglior, D.J. Ambrose.
Could Anti-Müllerian Hormone be used as a Novel Fertility Trait in Dairy Cows?
M. Gobikrushanth, D. C. Purfield, M.G. Colazo, S. T. Butler, Z. Wang, D.J. Ambrose
Could Circulating Concentrations of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1) be used as a Fertility Trait in Dairy Cows?
M. Gobikrushanth, D. C. Purfield, M.G. Colazo, S. T. Butler, Z. Wang , D.J. Ambrose
Composition of partial mixed rations are more important than the type of pellet fed to dairy cows in mid-lactation
J. Haisan and M. Oba
Pulse-dose intraruminal butyrate infusion increases plasma glucagon-like peptide 2 in dairy calves
B. Hatew, Y. Inabu, and M. A. Steele
Effect of delayed colostrum feeding on stress response and gut microbiota in neonatal calves
Jitka Hromadkova, Yang Song, Amanda Fisher, Yanhong Chen, Michael Steele, and Leluo Guan
Nutritional management of transition cows to reduce inflammation and increase fibre digestibility
C. E. Knoblock, W. Shi, M. Oba
Does processing corn influence growth performance, nutrient digestibility and rumen and hindgut fermentation in calves fed high or low volumes of milk replacer?
J. K. van Niekerk, A. J. Fischer, T. M. Hill, J. D. Quigley, and M. A. Steele
Greenhouse gas emissions and technical efficiency of Alberta dairy farms: What are the trade-offs?
S. Le, S. Jeffrey, and H. An
Effects of extended colostrum feeding period on gastrointestinal tract structure and development in Holstein bull calves
Pyo, J., Pletts, S., Z., He, S., Guan, L.L., and Steele, M.A
Nutrient supply alters adipose tissue physiology in pre-weaned calves
Josue M. Romao, Leonel N. Leal, Guido J. Hooiveld, Fernando Soberon, Harma Berends, Mark V. Boekshoten, Mike E. Van Amburgh, Javier Martín-Tereso, and Michael A. Steele
Potential of NIR and ATR-FT/MIR spectroscopy for the analysis of mycotoxins in naturally contaminated barley
Haitao Shi, Na Liu, Warren Schwab, Brian Chelack, Peiqiang Yu
Possibility of using NIR and ATR-FT/MIR spectroscopy for the quantification of major ergot alkaloids in wheat
Haitao Shi, Na Liu, Warren Schwab, Brian Chelack, Peiqiang Yu
Colostrum feeding is critical in shaping colon microbiota during the first 12h of life in dairy calves
Yang Song, Nilusha Malmuthuge, Fuyong Li, Le Luo Guan
Are mixtures of different Treponema bacteria making digital dermatitis worse?
Caroline Beninger, Sohail Naushad, Karin Orsel, Jeroen De Buck
Prevalence of Johne’s disease across Canada
Caroline Corbett, Ali Naqvi, Cathy Bauman, Jeroen De Buck, Karin Orsel, David F. Kelton, Herman W. Barkema
Determining the IgG concentrations in bovine colostrum and calf sera with a novel enzymatic assay
Marija Drikic, Claire Windeyer, Steven Olsen, Lorraine Doepel, and Jeroen De Buck
Evaluation of a Lameness Risk Assessment and Adoption of Lameness Prevention Strategies on Alberta Dairy Farms
Michelle van Huyssteen, Jesse Schuster, Herman Barkema, Cindy Adams and Karin Orsel
Integration of anthropology and veterinary medicine to address antimicrobial resistance in the dairy industry
Jennifer A. Ida and Herman W. Barkema
Economics of on-farm Bovine Leukemia Virus control
Alessa Kuczewski, Henk Hogeveen, Karin Orsel, Robert Wolf, Jada Thompson, Eldon Spackman, Frank van der Meer
Interleukin 8 and Host Defense Peptides contribute to the Innate Immune Response against Digital Dermatitis and supplement the 5 M-stages scoring system in dairy cattle
Kaitlyn M. Watts, Cristina Fodor, Caroline Beninger, Priyoshi Lahiri, Jeroen De Buck, Cameron Knight, Herman W. Barkema, Eduardo R. Cobo
Detection of Marker-Specific Immune Responses in Calves Against a Marked Johne’s Disease Vaccine Strain
Lucy Luo, Jeroen De Buck
Improving post-calving udder health in heifers: effectiveness of different pre-calving treatments
S. Ali Naqvi, Diego B. Nobrega, Paul E. Ronksley, and Herman W. Barkema
Drug and route-specific associations between antimicrobial use and prevalence of resistance in bovine non-aureus staphylococci
Diego Nobrega, Jeroen De Buck, Ali Naqvi and Herman Barkema
Veterinary communication patterns during dairy herd health and production management visits
Caroline Ritter, Cindy L. Adams, and Herman W. Barkema
As testes become warmer, testicular blood flow increases to prevent testicular hypoxia
G Rizzoto, C Hall, J Tyberg, J Thundathil, N Caulkett, JP Kastelic
Measures of Longevity in Canadian Dairy Cattle
Jesse Schuster, Richard Cantin, Steve Mason, David F. Kelton, Herman W. Barkema, Karin Orsel
Factors of cow comfort associated with herd-level reproductive outcomes on Canadian dairy farms
T. A. Burnett, R. Westin, E. Vasseur, D. Pellerin, D.B. Haley, A. M. de Passillé, J. Rushen, and R. L. A. Cerri
Effect of transition diseases on early culling in dairy cows under pasture based systems
Constanza Hernández-Gotelli, Fernando Wittwer, Marina A.G. von Keyserlingk, Pilar Sepúlveda-Varas
Effect of uterine score on concentrations of bovine pregnancy associated glycoprotein (PAGs) and its relationship with pregnancy per artificial insemination and pregnancy losses
A.M.L. Madureira, G.A. Franco, T. G. Guida, J.L.M. Vasconcelos, R.L.A. Cerri, K. G. Pohler
Determination of the optimal inclusion rate of canola meal in starter mixtures for dairy calves
K. Burakowska, P. Górka, G.B. Penner
Pelleted Products Based on Combinations of New Co-products from Bio-fuel or Bio-oil Processing, Pea Screenings and Lignosulfonate Compound for Dairy Cattle
Víctor Guevara, David Christensen, John McKinnon, Peiqiang Yu
Gene transformation induced inherent structural changes relating to nutrient alterations in alfalfa for dairy cows
Yaogeng Lei, David Christensen, Abdelali Hannoufa, John Micknon, Peiqiang Yu
The Effect of Fibrolytic Enzymes on Lactation Performance, Feeding Behavior, and Digestibility of High Producing Dairy Cows Fed Barley Silage Based Diet
Basim Refat, David Christensen, John McKinnon, Aaron Beattie, Wenzhu Yang, Tim McAllister, and Peiqiang Yu
Evaluating the Effects of Fibrolytic Enzymes on Rumen Fermentation, Omasal Nutrient Flow and Production Performance in Dairy Cows during Early Lactation
Basim Refat, David Christensen, John McKinnon, Aaron Beattie, Wenzhu Yang, Tim McAllister, and Peiqiang Yu