Almost everyone is familiar with the “fat cow syndrome” and all the
problems that can accompany it: - calving problems, milk fever, retained
placentas, metritis, ketosis, displaced abomasum, and downer cow
syndrome.
Most of these problems can be avoided if cows are fed balanced late
lactation and dry-cow rations and calve at an optimum body condition.
Recent research at Cornell University done by Dr. Brian Perkins, Dr. Dave
Smith, and Dr. Charlie Sniffen indicates that body condition (degree of fatten
ing) can influence a dairy cow’s production, reproduction, and health.
The purpose of these bam meetings is to show dairymen how to monitor the y —^
body condition of their cows and to provide recommendations for optimum Flgll „ 2 Theam „ ungof n eS h covers the
body condition scores at various stages of lactation. e SX r Sn“ th " ‘™“ n 13
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Dr. Brian Perkins, Ph.D. is Manager of Dairy and
Livestock Nutrition for Pennfield Corporation. He is
a graduate of Cornell University where he specializ
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Nutrition.
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• Body Condition - Milk
Production & Reproduction
• How To Determine Body
Condition
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Body Condition - Barn Meetings
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AGENDA
Meeting Lasts Approximately One Hour
Date Dav
July 29 Mon Elizabethtown, PA
July 30 Tues Gettysburg, PA
July 30 Tues Littlestown, PA
July 31 Wed..
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Aug. 13 Tues.
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Aug. 13
Pennfield
• Scoring Cows
• How To Score Your Herd
• Questions And Answers
MEETING LOCATIONS
Ellicott City, MD
. Monkton, MD
. Monroeville, N. J
. Newville, PA
Shippensburg, PA
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Ken Myer
John Hess
Bob Gitt .;
Bernard Feaga
Ross Smith
Jim Eller
J. Shephard Wolff
John Stoltzfus
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Figure 1. The areas of particular interest
when body condition scoring a cow include
the lom, backbone, hooks, pins, and the
area between the hooks and pins
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