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.