How searching for the perfect monitor led me back to the farm. Michaela Kristula, DVM, MS Field Service New Bolton Center

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1 How searching for the perfect monitor led me back to the farm Michaela Kristula, DVM, MS Field Service New Bolton Center

2 Common themes Surviving change Future of the Northeast dairy and the veterinarian s role in that future

3 Right brain topics Time management The 7-Habits of highly effective people The E-Myth revisited How can you run your life with half a brain? Surviving in chaos Living with change Dimensions of social style Performance solutions Leading change Holistic approach to business Empowerment in dairy practices and farms Inspiration, health and hardiness Leadership styles Effective communication skills

4 Steven Covey

5 Insert time management books

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9 Field Service

10 Leadership meeting for managers of large dairies (2,000 40,000 cows) 1. Employees need 1 boss 2. Organization chart of your business 3. Parlor manager if more than 2,000 cows

11 Widener Hostpital Director Clinical Studies Chair Field Service Clinician Organizational Structure Dr. Boyle Dr. Arbittier Dr. Kristula Dr. Linton Equine Practice Dr. M. Smith Service Chief Academics Food Animal Practice Dr. B. Smith Service Chief Dr. Kristula Dr. Pesato Dr. Gaab Coggins Dr. Linton Equipment Dr. M. Smith Lab Sample Submissions Dr. Linton Didactic / Laboratory FS Rotation Dr. B. Smith Equipment Dr. B. Smith Export/Import Dr. M. Kristula D. Given L. Umble D. Given (M. Coring) D. Given (M. Coring) Clinicians Clinicians L. Umble D. Given (M. Coring) M. Coring (D. Given) Vetstar Records Dr. Kristula Dr. M, Smith Pharmacy Dr. B. Smith Trucks Dr. B. Smith Wellness Program Dr. M. Smith Harcum Tech. Students Dr. Pesato House Officers Dr. A. Boyle Dr. B. Smith Pharmacy Dr. B. Smith Lab Sample Submissions Dr. Gaab Trucks Dr. B. Smith L. Umble D. Given M. Coring M. Coring (D. Given) M. Coring (D. Given) L. Umble M. Coring D. Given Clinicians D. Given L. Umble Dr. Pesato M. Coring (D. Given) D. Given (M. Coring) M. Coring (D. Given)

12 Equine Wellness Section Leaders: Dr. M. Smith Clinician Responsibilities: Staff Responsibilities: List of SOPs / Protocols:

13 Advisors: Profit Team Farm Owners: Example Finances: Julie Advisors: (Accountant) Others? Crops: Keith / owner Manure: Keith Maintenance: Keith Feed Inventory: Jason Feeding: Joe Advisor: Bob Donny Advisors:??? Donny Phil Advisors:??? Donny Advisors: owner Field Service Farm Manager: Ester Randy Paul Cow Movement, Vaccines, & BST: Ester Repro (Cows): Ester Calving & Colostrum: Ester Baby Calves: Trish / Jim Health Management: Paul Parlor & Mastitis: Paul / Ester Facilities Upkeep: owner / Jim Heifers (3 & 4): Ester Paul Trish Ellen Paul Milkers (4) Trish Paul Randy (Charlene) Trish Paul Milkers (4) Randy Trish Vaccines Ellen Repro Charlene Trish Advisors: Bob Mike Billy Advisors: Mike Billy Bob Advisor: Billy Mike Advisors: Billy Jon Advisors: Billy Jon Advisors: Mike Jon Ester Paul Trish Randy Walt Paul Advisors: Mike Billy Bob

14 Widener Hostpital Director Clinical Studies Chair Field Service Clinician Organizational Structure Dr. Boyle Dr. Arbittier Dr. Kristula Dr. Linton Equine Practice Dr. M. Smith Service Chief Academics Food Animal Practice Dr. B. Smith Service Chief Dr. Kristula Dr. Pesato Dr. Gaab Coggins Dr. Linton Equipment Dr. M. Smith Lab Sample Submissions Dr. Linton Didactic / Laboratory FS Rotation Dr. B. Smith Equipment Dr. B. Smith Export/Import Dr. M. Kristula D. Given L. Umble D. Given (M. Coring) D. Given (M. Coring) Clinicians Clinicians L. Umble D. Given (M. Coring) M. Coring (D. Given) Vetstar Records Dr. Kristula Dr. M, Smith Pharmacy Dr. B. Smith Trucks Dr. B. Smith Wellness Program Dr. M. Smith Harcum Tech. Students Dr. Pesato House Officers Dr. A. Boyle Dr. B. Smith Pharmacy Dr. B. Smith Lab Sample Submissions Dr. Gaab Trucks Dr. B. Smith L. Umble D. Given M. Coring M. Coring (D. Given) M. Coring (D. Given) L. Umble M. Coring D. Given Clinicians D. Given L. Umble Dr. Pesato M. Coring (D. Given) D. Given (M. Coring) M. Coring (D. Given)

15 8 Differences Between Traditional and Collaborative Leaders November 21, Comment in Innovation Insights by jartese *

16 What is the role of the veterinarian on the dairy team?

17 Profit team (2005-today) CDE in PA 1. Everyone worked as a team (accountant, nutritionist, Dr. Galligan, loan officer, owner, wife, father, facilitator and veterinarian (me)) 2. Provides motivation for owner 3. Owner was focused & came prepared to meetings - Vision, goals and plans 4. Employee training and appreciation 5. Great food at the meetings

18 many changes Recycled sand New parlor New barns

19 Switch to sand from mattresses m Mattresses with fine sand Deep bedded sand stalls

20 Reasons for success Lameness control Sand Nothing works if you can t control lameness Consistency Credit Charlene Manages the cows and the employees

21 What influences cow value?profit flow/ year =347/cow/year Milk price Milk yield cull % Marg. Cst CI Lact Cost Debt Heifer Cst Dry Days Main. Cst $10 $18 59 LBS/d 92 LBS/d 40% 20% $.04 $ months 13 months $450 $2,500 $100 $500 $1,700 $1, d 40 d $2.00 $1.00 $0 $200 $400 $600 $800 $1,000 $1,200 Key Opportunities Marginal Milk Annual Profit/cow/year Courtesy Dr. David Galligan

22 Monitor September & 2017 Monitor Item Goals Production Date=> Sept17 Sept14 Sept 13 Sept 12 Sept 11 Sept10 Sept 09 Sept08 Sept07 Sept06 Sept05 Repro Milk Quality Milk/cow/DHIA-milk Pregnancy rate annual 26% 23% 23% 23% 20% 22% 20% 22% 18% 19% 18% SCC- Weighted SCC-Linear # Mastitis cases < Cow Management Fresh cows Lame <15% < Metritis Dx <20% Cow & Heifer Numbers Milking Cows Dry culled1-60dim/fresh5% < % culled <3% <3% 1.7% 3.6% 2.4% 2.4% 2.9% 2.5% 2.0% 2.6% 3.0% 2.9% 5.4% # heifers Dead calves < %dead calves annual 6% 7% 8% 8% 7% 7% 8% 6% 7% 7% 9% 9% Age at 1st calving

23 Start at - Can this herd sustain itself? Internal herd growth? Can this herd grow or stay the same without purchasing cows or heifers?

24 End up with Option of who should be culled today? Every cow is eventually going to be culled but you want to choose when she is going to be culled

25 Why is this stall empty?

26 Options Keep older cows They give more milk Opportunity to sell cows and/or heifers versus involuntary culling Raise fewer heifers Sexed semen in heifers Use genomics to decide who to keep Who do I sell and when do I sell?

27 Dashboards Dr. Galligan Dapdairy.org Dairydashboards.org guest guest Need flash player

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30 Monitor September & 2017 Monitor Item Goals Production Date=> Sept17 Sept14 Sept 13 Sept 12 Sept 11 Sept10 Sept 09 Sept08 Sept07 Sept06 Sept05 Repro Milk Quality Milk/cow/DHIA-milk Pregnancy rate annual 26% 23% 23% 23% 20% 22% 20% 22% 18% 19% 18% SCC- Weighted SCC-Linear # Mastitis cases < Cow Management Fresh cows Lame <15% < Metritis Dx <20% Cow & Heifer Numbers Milking Cows Dry culled1-60dim/fresh5% < % culled <3% <3% 1.7% 3.6% 2.4% 2.4% 2.9% 2.5% 2.0% 2.6% 3.0% 2.9% 5.4% # heifers Dead calves < %dead calves annual 6% 7% 8% 8% 7% 7% 8% 6% 7% 7% 9% 9% Age at 1st calving

31 Goal - Detect a problem as soon as possible #mastitis #LDA, # Ketosis #Milk Fever #metritis, # RP #pregnant, #Open #Down #lame #cows leaving 1-60 DIM # of cows in the treated pen Milk production up or down

32 Ask What problems are you having? Then go get the data to find the answer Example 1 Problem too much penicillin being used

33 Penicillin used for pelvic inflammation in 1 st lactation heifers after calving Employee training - calving Just in time calving rules Move in 2 nd stage 30 minute rule of progress NBCFieldService/videos

34 What is the process suppose to be? What are they actually doing? Breeding program Parlor procedures Calving protocols Calf protocols Vaccination protocols Treatment protocols\antibiotic protocols Colostrum management Fresh cow monitoring program Feeding program Down cow management

35 Example 2 Too much mastitis Typical multifactorial problem Is it the environment? Is it the milkers? Is it the cows? Is it the parlor? Is it milking machine settings? Is it contagious, environmental or both? What data do you need? Hoards dairyman webinars Paul Virkler Troubleshooting mastitis and milk quality problems David Reid parlor performance summary

36 Monitor September & 2017 Monitor Item Goals Production Date=> Sept17 Sept14 Sept 13 Sept 12 Sept 11 Sept10 Sept 09 Sept08 Sept07 Sept06 Sept05 Repro Milk Quality Milk/cow/DHIA-milk Pregnancy rate annual 26% 23% 23% 23% 20% 22% 20% 22% 18% 19% 18% SCC- Weighted SCC-Linear # Mastitis cases < Cow Management Fresh cows Lame <15% < Metritis Dx <20% Cow & Heifer Numbers Milking Cows Dry culled1-60dim/fresh5% < % culled <3% <3% 1.7% 3.6% 2.4% 2.4% 2.9% 2.5% 2.0% 2.6% 3.0% 2.9% 5.4% # heifers Dead calves < %dead calves annual 6% 7% 8% 8% 7% 7% 8% 6% 7% 7% 9% 9% Age at 1st calving

37 SCC>200,000 SCC/ml signals infection (LS>4.0) New infection Chronic New Fresh PSCC<200,000 PSCC>200,000 1 st SCC>200,000 SCC>200,000 SCC>200,000 Excellent 1 <5% <5% <10% Okay 1 8% 8% 15% Not as >10% >10% 20% good 1 PSCC=previous SCC, SCC=current SCC 1 Welcome, NMC Regional Mastitis Meeting, Portland, Maine, 2014

38 What does a typical day look like? What does the bunk look like prior to milking?

39 Measure how much time are your cows away from the pen? Measure time to get to parlor, parlor time and back to pen hr cow budget Grant, Resting Milking Feeding Drinking standing etc to 21.5 h/day in pen h/d left for milking 4 h 32 min avg for 183 herds NE Novus Function of parlor turnover and time to get to parlor and back to pen, milking frequency

40 Handle cattle calmly

41 Check path to the parlor Pools of manure? Might have to scrape the holding area between pens

42 Should not have dirty legs When a cow lies down her teats rest against her feet and legs. Dirtier legs have more Klebsiella spp. bacteria on their legs.

43 Milk routine basics What is the milking routine? 1. Pre-dip best thorough coverage and contact time of at least 30 seconds 2. Forestrip both to identify clinical mastitis and stimulate the cow to let her milk down 3. Dry and attach At least 90 seconds from strip or first touch 4. Focus on having CLEAN and DRY teats & teat ends 5. Milk should flow when the unit is attached 6. Unit should come off when the cow is done 7. Apply post dip kills bacteria left on the teat

44 ParlorPal - Agrimetrica Video camera on Iphone ParlorPal - IPAD Dip time, stimulation time for each stall p?id=3 Available soon again as dairypal on itunes something coming for Android soon

45 How clean are your cows at milking time? More manure on teats less likely it will be removed at prep

46 How clean are your cows at milking time?

47 Why is the sand so wet on these teats?

48 pdf Udder hygeine Pictorial guidelines using 1-4 scoring system where 1 is clean and 4 is very dirty Lower legs <50% 3 & 4 Free stalls Udder <20% 3 & 4

49 Use this hygiene scoring form to score cows prior to milking

50 Is pre dip properly applied? 30 sec contact time?

51 Check if teat ends are clean prior to machine attachment

52 What happens at unit attachment? If prep procedure is good, milk should flow when unit attached

53 Unit should be removed when the cow is finished milking

54 Check condition of teats after milking units come off

55 What do you observe after milking?

56 Use this form to score teats when units come off

57 Check milking equipment to trouble shoot teat problems Dynamic testing at milking vacuum recorder In general 12 at peak flow - graph Know pulsator ratios (graph) and ATO settings, liner type D phase at least 220 msec during milking (or under load)

58 Poorly applied post dip

59 Check path back to stalls Pools of manure?

60 Bedding should be clean and dry

61 Timing of flush after milking

62 Stall condition Each 1 hr increase in rest results in gain of lbs milk 1 Increase of 12 min/day resting for each additional ½ sand (Straw and sawdust 2 lbs) 2 Resting takes priority over eating and cows prefer softer lying surfaces (Grant, Tucker, ) 3 min rest ate 1 min longer

63 Have clean water after milking

64 Milk quality Standing and eating after milking

65 Economics Benefits of improved cow comfort and feeding practices 47 herds fed same TMR, same genetics milk ranged 45 to 74 lbs Feeding feed refusal versus slick bunk +3.5 lbs Pushing up feed between feedings +8.7 lbs (Bach, 2008) Rick Grant Novus Limiting time out of pen to 3 hrs/day +5-8 lbs (3 hrs versus 6 hrs) Matzke 2003

66 Check that dry cows are housed in a clean and dry environment