Farming, Super Sta Angus Show See 54 Entri ST. JOSEPH, Mo. The 01 Angus Association’s Super St Show and Sate saw 20 bulls an 34 heifers compete for grand hot ors at the show held recently in Columbus. Judge for the event was Steve Gunn of Greensburg, Ind. In the heifer show, the grand winner was Rains Sweet Dream Girl IMH2, exhibited by Dale Rains of Mercer, Pennsylvania. The heifer is a May 1992 daughter of P F Hamilton 9H24. The reserve grand champion heifer was an April 1992 daughter of Da Es Ro Casey 629 named Indian Creek Kay 262. Indian Creek Farm, Stahlstown, Pennsyl vania, exhibited the winner. In the bull show, J Bar J Super Sonic was named the grand win ner. The bull is a January 1992 son of TC Stockman and was con signed by Jason Goff of Norwich, Ohio. Kiata Farms Inc., Hamilton, Ohio, displayed the reserve grand champion bull named Kiata Toto. The reserve entry is a March 1992 son of Leachman Tonto. TERRY L. MADDOX Huntingdon Co. Agent HUNTINGDON (Huntingdon Co.) All dairy operators should be prepared for the new somatic cell count (SCQ limit of 750,000 or a linear score of 5.9 that takes effect July 1. Problems with high SCC levels not only jeopardizes milk market but loss of milk production and cow health. Here are some items to help dairy operators address problems with high somatic cell counts. Mastitis Records Somatic cell counts are easy to collect and inexpensive to record for management purposes. Ac cording to W.C. Heald, PSU dairy extension specialist, the value of somatic cell scores (SOS) increas es with the managers ability to use SCS data. Unused SCS records cost money, but skilled use of SCS on farms returns dollars. Therefore, someone on every dairy farm should learn to use SCS records effectively, or hire some one who can interpret the data and make recommendations. Heald indicates that often the mastitis history is incomplete be cause it fails to include short dura tion infections along with the more common chronic infections. First recognize that chronic mastitis infections are mostly caused by contagious mastitis pathogens and are the most costly form of mastitis. This results in monthly SCS data that overemphasize long duration contagious mastitis cases and under-represent acute infec tions that often occur early in the dry period, around calving, during humid hot weather or because of r, May 8, 1993 Rains Sweet Dream GIHIMH2 won the grand champion heifer banner at the 1993 Ohio Angus Association Super Star Show and Sale In Columbus. The grand champion was exhibited by Dale Rains, Mercer, Pennsylvania. The heifer is a May 1992 daughter of P F Hamilton 9H24. This bull named Kiata Toto won reserve grand champion bull laurels at the 1993 Ohio Angus Association Super Star Show and Sale In Columbus. The entry was exhibited by Kiata Farms Inc. of Hamilton. The bull Is a March 1992 son of Leachman Tonto. New SCC Limits Approaching poor housekeeping of bedded nuarter becomes waterv with thick prolific when cattle conditions are Using a germicidal pre-dip may areas and walkways. They some- p j ots dirty. Weather changes can in- sanitize teat ends more effectively times develop into the debilitating *" fh , t .. . „ crease the incidence of environ- than washing them. Special effort peracute episodes that all man- (h . ent i n . n _| ll , h th . mental mastitis. Hot, moist condi- needs to be taken to ensure the teat agers painfully remember but of- h tions in summer, as well as moist, ends are dry before applying milk ten fill to record in herd records. svmDtoms She mav - fever warm, poorly-ventilated barn con- ing equipment. Simply, environmental mastitis jf.Z■ .'' - J A . ditions during wmter, predispose Bums cautions that coliforms whether acute, clinical or sub- ? * “SuSS cows to environmental mastitis. can survive in cracks of worn teal clinical can strike and disap- aro ‘ 3 111 muK Proaucaon. e Antibiotic therapy doesn’t seem liners or dirty dipping containers, pear between monthly test per- to be as effective with cases of en- Milking equipment should be re iods. While contagious and chron- *y as “'ey oecomc s ex, y vjjonmentai mastitis as with com gularly checked and replaced ic forms of mastitis are more . , . nvimnm -, n , a i tagious mastitis. when necessary. Unused dip likely to appear in the historical f aMrihnt«H tn Major emphasis for control is should be discarded, and cups record, they are also the more eco- placed on keeping cows and their used for pre- and post-dipping nomically important mastitis P2 0 .. r, .1 .. „. ■ ' living areas clean and milking should be washed after each milk problem for managers. They can ally live in bedding and become ta good working order. ing . JT “* d * y ’ - PFA Asks PMMB For Pricing Formula SCsL'dSSSdfbekS't Oo C ) AM SoS^ C fa”J^to l tove'tali Cudiu explained ihe components Sir— —i SLixrsia Mrsaixsas S&ssar Environmental Manilla SSSIM redia* these priro vanationa for As Oieir herd of Marketing Board (PMMB) to to'toSTSrfvS Angel in cosis ptices.2d mart contagious mastitis. they are faced re pia CC the temporary over-order “T? . . nsy : v ? n,a * ctm* conditions ’’ with mastitis caused by another premium for C £ssl milk with a S formula std b * PFA group of pathogens called en- permanent economic formula to 2“ ShauHs PP Y would adjust the overrider price vuonmentalorgamsms.mclud.ng detennine die over-order price. sh aul i s X one r a tcs a monthly based on the difference conforms. Harold Shaulis, a PFA Stale , W J*° °P c ™ tcs a between the price received by dai- According to CM. Bums. PSU Board member and chairman of I 4o * oo * rycm and ts as Veterinary Extension Assistant, PFA’s Dairy Committee, testified C “ ““ *5 bo^ d that determined byte Pennsylvania Escherichia coli. organisms such of behalf of the statewide farm mixing formula proposed Agricultural Statistics Service as Klebsiella, and Enterobacter organization at a PMMB hearing PFA . would provide dairy /p ASS \ p i us for manaite fall into this group of bacteria and in Harrisburg on the future of the with economics viability ment, interest on eouitv USDA are responsible for 5 percent to 10 current 80 cents per hundred- » ISmete and percent of mastitis cases. weight (cwt) over-order pricing ffen J a “) competitive in the future, fit The over-order pricTwouldbe Many of the mastitis cases from scheduled to expire on June 30. A formula would 4180 benefit caDDed at a nricc environmental organisms remain “The dairy Burners of Pennsyl- **•? PMMB, SHaulis said, by elected because it has already unnoticed. The infections are vania who I represent thank the . ucin £ Its . nee ° CoBt *y and been tested in the mnrtwtptarp usually short-term, less than seven board for their support, and the hme consuming, hearings such as and a floor of 40 cents/cwt. would days, and may not show up in over-order premiums that have Jfre eight which have already been be set as the minimum over-order periodic SCC checks. been in effect since 1988,” Shaulis held to set or adjust the current According to Bums, clinical testified. “In many individual ov ~^ f 2™ s ® i 1..... . “The Board’s establishment of cases most often become acute cases, these monies have meant ineooara coma use the saved over-order premiums «gi - w.iampK. heifer banner at the 1993 Ohio Angus Association Super Star Show and Sale in Columbus. The reserve entry Is an April 1992 daughter of Da Es Ro Casey 629. She was exhi bited by Indian Creek Farm, Stahlstown, Pennsylvania. Mngu and Sato In Columbus. Tha grand wlnnar was conalgnad by Jason Goff of Norwich. Tha bull to a January 1992 son of TC Stockman.