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Clinical Rotations - Basic Clinical Skills for Production Medicine

Introduction to Herd Problem Recognition

Learn to:

bulletinterpret DHI records and use them to identify and monitor herd problems of production, mastitis, reproduction, and replacement heifer management
bulletevaluate rates and treatment protocols of common dairy herd diseases
bulletassess dairy housing including ventilation and freestalls
bulletestimate costs of herd problems and develop partial budgets

This two-week rotation is a prerequisite to the series of production medicine rotations unless special exemptions are made with instructors.  Farm visits will be made to a variety of dairy herds ranging from small stanchion barns to very large freestall confinement dairies.  Most of the topics will be taught using information from the farm visits.

Dates: May 2008-09

bulletWeeks 3 & 4 (6/2/08 to 6/13/08)
bulletWeeks 11 & 12 (7/28/08 to 8/8/08)
bulletWeeks 23 & 24 (10/20/08 to 10/31/08)

Dates: May 2007-08

bulletWeeks 3 & 4 (6/4/07 to 6/15/07)
bulletWeeks 9 & 10 (7/16/07 to 7/27/07)
bulletWeeks 19 & 20 (9/24/07 to 10/5/07)

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Last modified: 12/05/07

 
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