The Dairyland Initiative Podcast

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The Dairyland Initiative Podcast

Welcome to The Dairyland Initiative Podcast, where your hosts, Courtney Halbach and Dr. Nigel Cook, discuss practical dairy cattle housing solutions and showcase approaches dairy farmers are taking to enhance cow welfare and animal health in their herds through improved barn design and management. This podcast will cover all aspects of facility design from ventilation to freestall design to calf housing and more, plus touch on hot topics related to lameness prevention, cow comfort, and productive life. Tune-in for an entertaining dive into how you can optimize cow well-being.

  1. Episode 13: Cow Behavior Around Transition

    22 OTT

    Episode 13: Cow Behavior Around Transition

    Our understanding of transition cow management and facility design has advanced significantly over the past 20 years with our focus shifting solely from nutrition to emphasizing the importance of understanding cow behavior around calving. This episode delves into feeding behavior, re-grouping stress, and what key performance indicators of transition cow health managers should look at when evaluating their transition cow programs.

    39 min
  2. Episode 12: PPTV in the Field

    8 OTT

    Episode 12: PPTV in the Field

    Designing a PPTV system is one thing, but putting it in the barn is another. Challenges with where to place the fan and tube, and how to direct the air jets into the calf pens all need to be considered. Once the system is installed, how do you know that it's working? This episode covers the practical aspects of PPTV installations so that you're confident the system is working the next time you see one in a barn.

    40 min
  3. Episode 11: Overstocking

    24 SET

    Episode 11: Overstocking

    To overstock or not to overstock? That is the question! We discuss the negative impacts of overstocking on cow behavior, the economic impacts, and what overstocking means for the industry.

    35 min
  4. Episode 10: Principles of PPTV

    10 SET

    Episode 10: Principles of PPTV

    Almost every calf barn in the Midwest has a positive pressure tube ventilation system (PPTV) installed, but what is it and how does it function? We cover the primary principles of choosing a fan, picking a tube, and positioning the holes so that a known quantity of air is delivered to the calf pen without creating a draft in the winter.

    31 min
  5. Episode 9: Troubleshooting Adult Cow Barn Ventilation

    27 AGO

    Episode 9: Troubleshooting Adult Cow Barn Ventilation

    You installed a ventilation system, now what? How do you know if your ventilation/heat abatement system is up to par? We outline how to measure air speeds in stalls, what observations to make in the barn, and how to measure cow respiration rate.

    38 min
  6. Episode 8: Adult Cow Ventilation

    13 AGO

    Episode 8: Adult Cow Ventilation

    There is no one perfect ventilation design that can be used universally given the wide variety of dairy barns and climates, but there are key criteria that need to be met when designing ventilation systems for adult dairy cows. We discuss how heat stress affects cows, the 6 common ventilation systems, and the 4 criteria for effective ventilation design.

    50 min
  7. Episode 7: Calf Barn Ventilation

    30 LUG

    Episode 7: Calf Barn Ventilation

    There are various ways to ventilate a calf barn (natural, cross, tunnel, or neutral pressure ventilation systems), with natural ventilation supplemented with positive pressure tubes (PPTV) being the most common way. We go through the elements of naturally ventilated barns such as sidewall heights, ridge openings, and curtain management, and discuss how PPTV systems became of interest.

    40 min
  8. Episode 6: Essential Elements of Calf Barn Design

    16 LUG

    Episode 6: Essential Elements of Calf Barn Design

    In this episode, we discuss what design elements every calf barn should have no matter how calves are raised. Stocking density, resting space, nesting scores, drainage, and ventilation are all part of the equation for ensuring that calves have a comfortable, dry place to rest and thrive.

    33 min
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Welcome to The Dairyland Initiative Podcast, where your hosts, Courtney Halbach and Dr. Nigel Cook, discuss practical dairy cattle housing solutions and showcase approaches dairy farmers are taking to enhance cow welfare and animal health in their herds through improved barn design and management. This podcast will cover all aspects of facility design from ventilation to freestall design to calf housing and more, plus touch on hot topics related to lameness prevention, cow comfort, and productive life. Tune-in for an entertaining dive into how you can optimize cow well-being.

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  • Creatore
    The Dairyland Initiative
  • Anni di attività
    2024
  • Puntate
    13
  • Classificazione
    Contenuti adatti a tutti
  • Copyright
    © The Dairyland Initiative
  • Sito web del podcast
    The Dairyland Initiative Podcast

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