America Flashcards

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Stock Numbers

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  • 275 milking
  • 190 heifers aged between 0 to 2
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Milk Figures

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  • 94lbs (43 litres)
  • 4.2% fat
  • 3.1% protein
  • Peak cell count was over 300, now currently at 200
  • Paid per 100lbs 20-21 dollars
  • No deduction on high cell count, only bonuses
  • 300 dollar bonus if they went from 250 to 150
  • Want to lower it for cows health and less milk being dumped
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Breeding

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  • 100% AI
  • Use Smaxtec
  • Day 1: PG
  • Day 14: PG
  • Day 26: GnRH
  • Day 32: PG
  • Day 35: Breed + GnRH
  • AI beef straw: 8 dollars
  • AI replacement staw: 50 dollars
  • Serve 10 cows with sexed straws per week, need 8 of them to hold
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Sand Problems

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  • Old sand: heavy clay and silt. Compacted hard and wasn’t cleaned out properly.
  • New sand- less clay and silth, more comfortable. Changing sand alone caused an extra 3lbs of milk over night and lowered cell count.
  • Gram Negative: 33 mil to 35,000
    -Streptococcus spp. 74 mil to 18,000
  • Coliform bact: 1.5 mil to 125
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Cow Health

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  • Modified Live Virus: 3 times (3mths, 5 mths and just before breeding)
    -Killed virus (when confirmed pregnant, also given once for every lactation)
  • E.Coli vaccine (twice a year to lactating cows)
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