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NMC Regional Meeting – Guelph

The National Mastitis Council (NMC) Regional Meeting, hosted jointly with the Ontario Association of Bovine Practitioners (OABP) and the Dairy Farmers of Ontario (DFO), will provide the best current mastitis and milk quality information to dairy producers, veterinarians, and advisors.

This year’s conference theme is “Solutions To Emerging Milk Quality Issues” and conference organizers have put together a 3-day program to include:   a variety of short courses  and evening banquet with a keynote speaker on Wednesday, June 20;  a day of formal presentations on Thursday, June 21;  a bus tour on Friday, June 22.    Key topics to be covered include:  implementation of selective dry cow therapy programs, bedding options and their impact on udder health, and maintaining the highest milk quality when transitioning to robotic milking systems.

Source : Ontario Association of Bovine Practioners

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Many Canadian grazing recommendations were developed using beef cattle in the prairies. While we have adapted these the forage species and climate in Ontario, other livestock have different needs. Public enemy number one for grazing sheep are gastrointestinal parasites.

The purpose of the Profitable Pasture conference is to bring fresh ideas and new research results to Ontario grazing managers across the ruminant livestock sectors. These conferences have a major focus on pasture management.