Dairy Digest, June 2007
In this Issue: Pennsylvania and Somatic Cell Count Levels; Pasteurization Reduces Risk of Disease Transfer to Calves; Red and White Holstein History Now Online; Why Are Immigrant Farm Workers In Pennsylvania?; Two New Faculty Join the Department
- Pennsylvania and Somatic Cell Count Levels
- The good news is U.S. herd SCC continues to decrease.
- Pasteurization Reduces Risk of Disease Transfer to Calves
- If you are feeding waste milk or bulk tank milk to calves, pasteurization is a process you should consider.
- Red and White Holstein History Now Online
- Dr. Larry Specht, professor emeritus of dairy science, has compiled a history of red and white Holsteins, which offers an overview of how the existence of red and white dairy cattle evolved in the United States when all of the early Holsteins imported from the Netherlands were black and white.
- Why Are Immigrant Farm Workers In Pennsylvania?
- In the last 5 to 10 years, immigrants from Mexico and other Spanish-speaking countries have discovered the great demand for farm employees in Pennsylvania.
- Two New Faculty Join the Department
- DAS welcomes Dr. Wansheng Liu and Dr. Jon M. Oatley.
