Industry Supporters:

To become an industry supporter contact us at: damaral@uky.edu.
 

American Dairy Science Association
http://www.adsa.org/

 

Dairy Calf and Heifer Association
http://www.calfandheifer.org/

 

National Mastitis Council
http://www.nmconline.org

National Milk Producers Federation
http://www.nmpf.org

Some Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) provided courtesy of:

Dairy-L
Illini DairyNet
National Livestock and Poultry Environmental Learning Center

Photos provided courtesy of:

Amber Weisenberger-University of Wisconsin Discovery Farms Program
American Milking Shorthorn Society
Bob James-Virginia Tech
Bob Peters-Maryland
Edwin Remsberg-University of Maryland, CSREES, USDA
Jerry Jones-Virginia Tech
Jud Heinrichs-Penn State
Mike Schutz-Purdue
Rebekah Bovee-Brown Swiss Association
Rick Norell-Idaho
USDA Photo Gallery
USDA-ARS Image Gallery
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation

Contributors:

Auburn University

Emily Campbell, Kristin Woods

Colorado State University

N.L. Dalsted, Franklyn Garry, P.H. Gutierrez, David Van Metre, William Wailes, Pablo Pinedo

Cornell University

Dave Barbano, K.J. Boor, Larry Chase, Stephen Hadcock, Jason Karszes, S.C. Murphy, Chuck Nicholson, Andrew Novakovic, Tom Overton, Mark Stephenson, Patricia Westenbroek, Jessica McArt, Mike Van Amburgh

FSIS- USDA

Ramon Cana Alvarez

Iowa State University

R. Burns, Patrick J. Gorden, Leo Timms, Larry Tranel

Kansas Department of Health and Environment

Terry Medley

Kansas State University

Keith Bolsen, Barry Bradford, Michael Brouk, K. Dhuyyetter, James R. Dunham, Joseph P. Harner III, Twig Marston, John F. Smith, Gerald Stokka, Travis Van Anne, Mike Apley,

Kentucky State University

Kenneth Andries

Louisiana State University

William Owens

Michigan State University

Mike Allen, Dave Beede, Vera Bitsch, Faith Cullens, Dan Grooms, Stephen Harsh, Joleen Hadrich, Kathy Lee, Nicole Olynk, Natalie Rector, Dale Rozeboom, Dennis Stein, Kable Thurlow, H. Allen Tucker, Christopher Wolf, Phil Durst, Stan Moore, Ron Erskine

New Mexico State University

Rey Torres

NIFA

Charlotte Kirk Baer, Steve Smith, Adele Turzillo

North Carolina State University

Geoff Benson, Glenda Burgess, Kyleen Burgess, Ben Chase, John Dorner, Kevin Gamble, W.M. Hagler Jr., Mitch Hockett, Aaron Hundley, Rob Neely, Sherrie Peeler, James Robinson, Phillip Rowan, John Rushing, Kenneth Vaughn, Steve Washburn, Lon W. Whitlow, Jason Young, Geof Smith

North Dakota State University

Becky Koch, Greg Lardy, Debra Pankow, J.W. Schroeder

The Ohio State University

Naomi Botheras, Maurice Eastridge, Mauricio Espinoza, Gonzalo Ferreira, Jeff Firkins, Dianne Shoemaker, Normand St-Pierre, Bill Weiss, Ted Wiseman, Mark Sulc, Matthew Faulkner, Chanhee Lee, Katie Proudfoot

Oregon State University

Troy Downing, Mike Gamroth, John Hart, Dan Sullivan

Pennsylvania State Department of Agriculture

Craig Schultz

Pennsylvania State University

Richard S. Adams, John Berry, Genevieve Christ, Matthew Gabler, R., Maria Gorgo-Gourovitch, Graves, D. Griswold, Jud Heinrichs, Lawrence J. Hutchinson, Virginia A. Ishler, B. Jayaro, Coleen Jones, Sylvia Kehoe, Brian Lammers, Thomas R. McCarty, Dan McFarland, Michael O’Connor, Beth Raney, Sarah Roth, Trent Schriefer, Peter Tozer, J. Tyson, Bob Van Saun, Gabriella A. Varga, T. Wilson, Chad Dechow, Alexander Hristov, Dennis Murphy, Davis Hill

Purdue University

Myassar O. Alekish, Todd Applegate, Perry Doane, Shawn Donkin, Tim Johnson, Tamilee Nennich, Eran Raizman, Mike Schutz, A. Sutton

South Dakota State University

Alvaro Garcia, Kenneth Kalscheur, D. Nicolai, S. Phohl, Nancy Thiex, Kent Tjardes

Southern University A&M

Fatemeh Malekian

Texas A&M University

Todd Bilby, Andrew Crocker, Floron Faries, Fred Hall, Ellen Jordan, Chris Sansone, Bob Whitney

University of Arkansas

Shane Gadberry, Jodie A. Pennington, Jeremy Powell, Karl Van Devender

University of Arizona

Ehrin L. Ahnen, Dennis Armstrong, Robert J. Collier, Matt Van Baale

University of California

Gregg Billikopf, Alec Gerry, Frank Mitloehner, Michael Overton, Amy Young, Alison Van Eenennaam

University of Connecticut

Sheila Andrew, Lynn Hinckley, Rich Meinert

University of Delaware

Limin Kung, Jr.

University of Florida

Bruno Amaral, David Bray, Kermit Buchman, J.F. Butler, Geoffrey E. Dahl, Albert DeVries, Steve Gaul, Mike Gunderson, Mary Beth Hall, Matt Hersom, P.E. Kaufman, P.G. Koehler, J.K. Shearer, Charlie Staples, William W. Thatcher, Tim Wilson, Luiz Ferraretto, Peter Hansen, Jose Santos, Klibs Galvão

University of Georgia

John K. Bernard, Lane O. Ely, Warren Gilson, Bill Graves, Todd Hurt, Steve Nickerson, M.W. Overton, Robert Smith, Joe West

University of Idaho

Mireille Chahine, Joseph Dalton, Mario E. de Haro Marti, Rick Norell, Debra Rumford, R. Sheffield, B. Glaze

University of Illinois

Deborah Cavanaugh-Grant, Jim Drackley, David Fischer, Ted Funk, Mike Hutjens, Nicole A. Janovick-Guretzky, Mike Murphy, Dick Wallace, Maegan Weatherly

University of Kentucky

Donna Amaral-Phillips, Robert Harmon,George Heersche,  Alan (Jack) McAllister, Linda McClanahan, Nancy McGill, Josh Renaker, Nick Roy, Larissa Tucker

University of Maine

Richard Kersbergen

University of Maryland

Rich Erdman, Kiera Finucance, Stanley Fultz, Rick Kohn, Ann LaVigna, Bob Peters, Jeff Semler, Mark Varner, Paul Goeringer

University of Minnesota

Neil Broadwater, Hugh Chester-Jones, Marcia I. Endres, Sandra Godden, B. Hetchler, L. Jacobson, Kevin A. Janni, Jim Linn, Jim Paulson, Jim Riddle, David Schmidt, Steve Stewart, D. Ziegler, J. Zulovich, William Lazarus, Kota Minegishi, Betty Berning, Jim Salfer, Jeff Reneau

University of Missouri

Meridith Berry, C. Fulhage, Joe Horner, John Lory, Pat Miller, Wayne Prewitt, Ted Probert, Gene Schmitz, Barry Steevens, Frank Wideman, John F. Middleton, Scott Brown, Thomas Spencer

University of Nebraska

Michael P. Carlson, Steve M. Ensley, Galen Erickson, Jill Heemstra, Jeff Keown, Rick K. Koelsch, P.J. Kononoff, Rick Rasby

University of Pennsylvania

Raymond Sweeney

University of Tennessee

M.H. Campbell, Delton C. Gerloff, Robert W. Holland Jr., Peter Krawczel, J.K. Miller, S.P. Oliver, Gary W. Rogers, S.R. Van Amstel, Susan Schexnayder

University of Vermont

Heather Darby, Chet Parsons, Julie Smith

University of Wisconsin

Lou Armentano, Victor Cabrera, David K. Combs, Nigel B. Cook, Bob Cropp, Kevin Erb, Paul Fricke, Brian Gould, Gregg Hadley, Pat Hoffman, Roseanne Horne, David Kammel, Vinicius Moreira, Ken Nordlund, Randy Shaver, John Schefers,, Amy Stanton Michael Wattiaux, Kent Weigel, Milo C. Whitbank, Pam Ruegg, Gary Oetzel

Utah State University

Duarte Diaz, Robert Schmidt, Dave Wilson, Allen Young

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Peter Callan, Bennet Cassell, J. Cyriac, Sue Duncan, Cameron Hackney, Mark D. Hanigan, Stephanie Hill, Ernest Hovingh, Joe Hunnings, Bob James, Gerald M. (Jerry) Jones, Katherine Knowlton, Isis Mullarkey, Ray Nebel, Andy Overbay, Christina Petersson-Wolf, Susan Sumner, John Welsh, Michelle Aguilar

Virginia Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine

J. Currin

Washington State University

Larry Fox, Joe Harrison, Lynn Johnson-VanWieringer, Ron Kincaid, Dale Moore, Rebecca White, John Wenz

William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute

Rick Grant, Heather Dann

Contributors Outside the U.S.

Brazil – Robert Sartori, S. Menegatti Zoca
Canada – Kristen A. Beauchemin, Dave Christensen, Todd Duffield, Greg Penner, Jim Reynolds, Stephen LeBlanc, Trevor DeVries
Turkey – Ahmet Gumen

Industry Contributors

Jim Barmore
Greg Bethard
W. Gene Boomer
Dave Byers
Roger Cady
Glenn Carpenter
Dave Casper
Steve Eicker
Michael Ethchebarne
Jesse Goff
Brad Harman
Mike Hodgman
Floyd Hoisington
Tim Johnson
Andy Kleinschmidt
R. Larson
Hernando Lopez
F.C. Madsen
D. McClary
Lisa McCrory
Darren McGee
Lisa McGory
Bob Milligan
Fred Moore
F.J. Mueller
Tom Oelberg
Brian Perkins
Dwight Roseler
William P. Seglar
Ian Shivas
Gary Sipiorski
Felix Soriano
Mark Thomas
Roger Thomson
Juan Velez
Drew Vermeire
Vince Waters
Phillip W. Widel
Deb Wilks
Julie Wittman
B. Ziegler
Greg Zuver

 

Special Thanks

Special thanks to those who allowed us to link to their websites and/or contributed material: ATTRA, Sam Leadley, National Association of Animal Breeders, National Center for Appropriate Technology, National Mastitis Council, Organic Agriculture Consortium/Scientific Congress on Organic Agricultural Research and Jim Quigley.