Hour 1: Two classmates and I carpool to a 10,000-cow dairy, arriving at 8 am to catch the vet as he comes out of a monthly meeting with the herdsmen. The vet is eager to begin work, so he passes out skeins of rectal sleeves, pulls on the ultrasound goggles, and opens the door to […]
The Veterinarian’s Role in Mastitis Treatment
Historically, a veterinarian was typically called to a dairy farm to treat individual cows with mastitis. In modern dairy farming, most individual cases are taken care of by farmers directly, based on treatment protocols that were designed with the help of a veterinarian. The veterinarian is still involved, but more on a herd-level basis instead […]
Fresh Milk, Anyone?
I have been taking a lot of classes about dairy medicine and dairy production during my time here at Cornell. I also took a lot of dairy-centered classes during my undergraduate years in Vermont. While I had some farming background from my childhood, my understanding of dairy production medicine did start on quite the incline. […]
