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 «<n<T 1988
over a short period of lime, even Je dlßtenee between staying in foodetomoor h« signified
overnight. The infected quarter is business or selling out ®®™® n * rt.jJfiLE' * sta ble supply of milk in this
swollen, laler becoming ban) end «•».” Shatdßihl Bo«d mem
tender. Milk produced in that w , . . “**• ben.
- Mel Eckfaaus, PFA’s dairy spe
But sizeable fluctuations in
daily prices over the last several
years, Shaulis said, have made it
>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.