DlO-Lancaster Farming Saturday, December 15,1990
Heifer Management
(Continued from Pago D 9)
for culling and merchandising, an
even greater value is projecting
for potential income for paying
loan payments and possible
expansion projects.
A Standard Application for
Registry (approved by all breeds)
will be printed when a female calf
is reported bom to a registered
dam. This will likely encourage
registry of animals at an early age,
resulting in a savings to the mem
ber from lower registry fees.
Much of the date needed to
make a heifer management system
work isin PA DHIA’s mainframe
computer, making them the logi-
HEIFER STATUS SUMMARY
Number over 13 Months and No! Bred
Bred but not Diagnosed Pregnant
Number of Pregnant Hellers
Total Hellers In Breeding Herd
Number over 18 Months and Not Bred
Average Service per Bred Heller
Percent Conception on First Breeding
Average Age at First Breeding
Died from Scouts
Died liom Respiratory Problems
Died from Other Diseases
Died (tom Ollier Causes
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Percent of Heifer* Identified by Ske
Average PTA of Sires
Protein
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HEIFERS TO IREED/HEAT CHECK
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heifers to pregnancy check
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cal ones to pull it together. The
DHIA supervisor will need to
report identification on calves
bom or purchased, record those
died or sold, and update registry
numbers and breeding informa
tion. There is a bamsheet to use to
record additions and changes,
much the same as with the cow
herd.
The long range potential for this
program includes the marriage of
some of the cow herd and heifer
herd reports to form inclusive
management information on the
herd as a whole. PA DHIA is
pleased to present this new prog
ram designed to assist its members
in the successful management of
their operations.
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86 1 12/15/89} Y 1 9/22/90
90 1 1/20/90} Y 1 10/21/90
9J 1 2/01/901 Y j 11/09/90
92 1 3/01/90' Y { 12/07/90
96 } 3/15/901 Y J 12/21/90
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Heifer Management System
On Schedule
The PA DHIA Heifer Manage
ment System is finished and ready
to be released in January, 1991. A
detailed description of the sys
tem’s capabilities can be found in
an article dealing with the program
elsewhere in this issue of FOCUS.
Minor Revamping for
Nutrition System
The system designers at Penn
State continue to make changes to
program calculations. Another
crack at limited commercial use is
set for early 1991.
Pro Staph I Reasearch
Continuing
Research on the Pro Staph I test
of milk samples for Staph, aureus
mastitis is continuing at Penn
State. An update on test results
interpretation will be published
when the current research is com
pleted. Meanwhile, PA DHIA con
tinues to test about 75 samples per
week.
Biotechnology Evaluator
Being Developed
Working with Penn State
researchers, PA DHIA, in cooper
ation with Monsanto and The Ben
Franklin Technology Program, is
developing a system to help DHIA
members determine when to use
biotechnology applications (like
BST). The system will also evalu
ate whether the specific biotech
nology is making money. The pro
ject started in September 1990 and
will end about September 1991.
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Services Update
Labor Efficient Records
(LERP) Progressing
The concept of reduced supervi
sor labor on the farm from once a
month to once a quarter has been
developed into an official DHIA
program called Labor Efficient
Records. Stringent requirements
for an on-farm computing system
needed to participate in LERP
have been developed. The full
program is still several months
away, but progress is being made.
Contact the PA DHIA Director of
Field Services at 1-800-344-8378
if you are interested in this new
service.
Fairly soon, all direct members
of PA DHIA will be invoiced
through an automated billing sys
tem. The program will be designed
so that the invoice for next
month’s service will arrive with
this month’s reports, so you will
know a month in advance how
much you will have to pay your
supervisor on test day. More infor
mation will be coming out later on
this change in billing procedure.
Liquid Sample Preservative
Being Introduced
A new form of our current milk
sample preservative is being intro
duced across the state. Liquid bro
nopol is replacing the bronopol
tablet that has been used for about
the last two years. Like the tablet,
the liquid form is non-toxic. But,
like the tablet, the liquid goes into
suspension immediately upon con
tact with the milk sample with
little or no shaking required.
This change should help reduce
sample spoilage from improper
mixing of the preservative in the
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milk. If you get it on your hands or
clothes, it will stain them blue. So
avoid direct contact with the liquid
if possible.
Customized Paper
Reports Under Study
In response to many requests for
a more flexible paper reporting
system, PA DHIA has developed a
collection of specialized paper
reports. They include a Herd
Inventory, a Sire Evaluation, a list
of Cows Bred to Service Sires, a
six-month SCC History, a List of
Cows by Milk Within Group, and
several pocket-sized action sheets.
The action sheets include Cows to
Breed, to Pregnancy Check, Due
to Calve, to Dry Off, Low Produc
tion Cows, Cows Bred More Than
3 times and cows over 300,000
SCC
Under study in 300 herds, report
usage will be evaluated and deci
sions made about which to keep
and which not to. If demand is
high enough, the reports will be
made available as an option to all
members.
DHIA’s Help
(Continued from Page D 9)
DHIA Services expects to offer
ownership of this new service bus
iness to all state DHI associations
that will contribute equity capital
to the venture. Details of that plan
are still being developed.
With about 80% of all metering
devices used by PA DHIA being
TruTest meters, the association
stands to gain significantly from
improved meter services as well
as savings on meter purchases and
parts replacement.
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