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 „ _
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body condition scores at various stages of lactation. theloinreglon "
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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
ed in Reproductive Physiology and Ruminant
Nutrition.
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• Body Condition - Milk
Production & Reproduction . How To Score Your Herd
• How To Determine Body
Condition
Pa. 1-800-732-0467 Md. 1-800-233-0202
Body Condition.- Barn Meetings
FEATURED SPEAKER
AGENDA
Meeting Lasts Approximately One Hour
Date . Dav
July 29 Mon Elizabethtown, PA
July 30 Tues Gettysburg, PA
July 30 Tues
Wed
July 31
July 31 Wed.
Aug. 1 Thurs Monroeville, N. J
Aug. 13 Tues Newville, PA .
Aug. 13 Tues
Wed
Aug. 14
Aug. 14 Wed
Pennfield
• Scoring Cows
• Questions And Answers
MEETING LOCATIONS
Location
Littlestown, PA
Monkton, MD
Ellicott City, MD
Shippensburg, PA.
Collinsville, PA
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pennfield feeds
Jim Eller
J. Shephard Wolff
John Stoltzfus
Lonnie Robinson
Ramsay Cooper
Quality - Performance - Service
Farm
Ken Myer
John Hess
Bob Gitt
Ross Smith
Bernard Feaga
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Figure 1. The areas of particular interest
when body condition scoring a cow include
the loin, backbone, hooks, pins, and the
area between the hooks and pins
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