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(Continued from Page A2l) was split between Drs. Bhushan
fun trivia activity for the youth, Jayarao and Robert Van Saun,
the program also offered a se- fellow extension veterinarians
rious side as Penn State repre- with Penn State University,
sentatives gave presentations on Jayarao focused his presenta
many issues that face dairy tion on the prevention and con
farmers daily. trol of mastitis in early and late
The morning program time lactation. He stressed the impor-
Members of the Athens Area FFA manned a booth that
measured reaction time using a simulated power takeoff.
Here Diane Elliott, Towanda, prepares to pull away from
the device, while FFA members Kyan Wood and Steven
Raymond watch her time.
Checklists
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simplifying, and dc
stressing their lives to
give more time for
family, according to
Shirk. The public is
building bigger houses
with smaller dining
rooms but larger
kitchens. Cooking
shows and books are
also enjoying rising
popularity. “So basi
cally people have less
time for cooking but
more interest in doing
it,” he said.
America is showing
a desire to return to
basics, with growing
importance of eating
as a family. Also in
creased concern in en
vironmental issues
and where the food
comes from and how it
was raised will also
impact agriculture.
Consumers are also
looking at improving
their health by what
they eat, which will
direct marketing of
products. In addition
they are concerned
over ethics and buying
food from a socially
responsible company.
“The bottom line is,
what kind of a farm do
you want to manage,
and who do you want
to produce for?” said
Shirk.
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tance of an adequate dry period
as well as the cow’s environ
ment.
“If you don’t give a long
enough dry period, you don’t get
good re-growth of the alveoli
(the cells that produce milk). In
the next lactation, the peak milk
production will be lower,” he
said. He also noted that many
new infections of mastitis
happen at the time of drying off
or right before calving.
“When there’s pressure on
the udder, such as when she is
entering her dry period or when
she is ready to calve, many cows
leak milk. That gives the bac
teria a chance to enter the
udder,” he explained.
Jayarao also highlighted pre
vention methods involved in a
dry cow mastitis program. Steps
included are to test all cows five
to seven days prior to drying off
with the California Mastitis
Test. Quarter milk samples
should be submitted for culture
on cows with a positive score, or
cows can be treated with a mas
titis lactation preparation. Reg
ular dry cow therapy can be
used on all cows with negative
test results, he said.
“Treat her right, keep her in a
clean, dry environment and she
will do the right things for you,”
said Jayarao of all dairy cows.
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Dr. Bhushan Jayarao, left, and Dr. Robert Van Saun,
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spectively. Both focused on the cow’s dry period as a time
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