Minnesota DHIA News
A PUBLICATION OF MINNESOTA DHIA	Volume 10,  Issue  8	AUGUST 2010

What do your SCC numbers mean on the Herd Summary: 

Yearly SCC Summary

n Shows the percentage of animals infected with a SCC over 200,000 by days in milk

n Use to determine which lactation is the problem and when most infections occur

2011 Scholarship Application now Available

The 2011 National DHIA Scholarship Application is now available online at www.dhia.org. Applications must be 
submitted via email to jdsattler@dhia.org by October 15, 2010. Eligibility is defined as a family member or
employee of a herd on DHI test, or a family member of a DHIA employee, or employee of a DHI affiliate. The DHI 
affiliate for the herd or affiliate employee must be a member of National DHIA (we are). Scholarships are awarded
to incoming and continuing students at two-year and four-year colleges/universities. National DHIA will award 
approximately twenty $750 scholarships. Previous National DHIA or Minnesota DHIA scholarship recipients are not 
eligible. By applying for the National DHIA scholarship you are automatically applying for the Minnesota DHIA 
scholarship. Minnesota DHIA will select approximately five more scholarships recipients. If you have questions,
call Robyn at 1.800.827.3442, ext 19.

Effects of Just Managing Johne's Diseases versus Testing and Managing

For herds who know they have a Johne's disease problem, what's the best solution? How should you plan to 
eliminate Johne’s disease and its spread from your herd?  Below is a chart that describes a few different strategies 
of managing Johne’s. 

Ø The Red line indicates how fast Johne’s will spread if

you have no control program at all. In other words,

over the course of 15 years of an infected herd, 20%

will remain infected.

Ø The green line reflects if you only make management

changes such as not feeding colostrum from infected

cows to calves or having separate calving pens for

Johne’s positive cows, etc. This method eliminates

Johne’s after 30 years.

Ø The light blue line reflects if you test for Johne’s and

cull positive cows.  You will never eliminate Johnes with this method. Your herd will remain at 5% infected

after 30 years and no lower.

Ø The yellow line reflects if you make the management

changes, test for Johne’s, and cull positive cows. This

method allows you to eliminate Johne’s after 19 years.

 
Considering all the strategies, the fastest route to eliminating Johne’s and its spread from your herd is testing for 
Johne’s, making management changes and culling high positive cows. You’ll notice a couple of the other 
strategies will lower the spread of Johne’s but not as fast or as thoroughly as the test, manage, and cull method. 
 

July Milk Quality Top 101 based on Raw SCC

	SCC	Cows		SCC	Cows
DAN AND JOLENE SCHLANGEN	46	73	SCHULTE FARMS	102	243
BRUCE BURMEISTER	52	43	SONNEK FARMS	103	69
GENE SCHMIDT	58	48	JAMES MAUS	104	81
HAPPKE HOLSTEIN FARM	58	70	ERIC CRABTREE	105	59
MATT BERKTOLD	59	183	JERRY + BEV POHLMANN	105	64
JOHN ROBERS	61	20	TED & DEB HALBAKKEN	105	111
ROADSIDE DAIRY	63	141	JOPPS CENTURY FARMS	106	111
TERRY KOLSTAD	63	27	SOUTHLUND DAIRY	106	44
JIM KULINSKI	65	47	MAAS FARMS	107	40
FUNKS MIDWAY DAIRY	65	574	HOEFS' DAIRY	107	227
J C DAIRY	65	6	DON-LE BROOK FARMS	109	184
WAYNE AND WADE ATHEY	67	47	MARSHLAND FARMS	109	92
SCHEFERS BROS	70	79	LORAN HACKLER	109	85
GERALD&LISA BURG	71	42	BOB & TERRI KETCHUM	110	129
JIM & RANDI WINGERT	71	91	MARSHALL KORN	111	86
NORBERT BROWN	73	37	JOHN SAUBER	111	59
TIMOTHY-MAYLA KLEMEK	74	36	JAMES C PFEIFER	112	57
GREG AND KRISTIN MAHONEY	75	6	JIM HESSE	112	110
BOETTCHER DAIRY	76	154	BECKMAN FARMS INC	113	73
MIKE MOTL+KIM HARFF	77	88	RONALD FIELD	115	31
MARK KLEHR	78	59	THELL CENTURY FARM	115	64
BECHTOLD BROS	78	73	DAVID SCHUUR	116	60
ROGER ALDINGER	81	67	SHUEY FARMS INC	116	51
ART AND JANE STUMPF	81	51	BIRCH POINT FARMS PESHON	116	253
JERON NATHE	82	315	SCHMITT DAIRY	117	100
BOB AND BARB PETIT	82	53	SONDAG DAIRY	117	37
JASON & JOHN SCHROEDER	82	54	RAY&MARY FUCHS	117	78
BILLY EURELE	82	75	BRAD & HOLLY NYHUS	118	47
CB FARMS LLC	83	52	MICHAEL BRUCE	118	102
HOFFMAN FARM 2	83	13	OAT HILL DAIRY	118	111
WAYNE KOEPP	85	159	KEVIN SPLETT	119	48
CRONK DAIRY	85	39	CHUCK LEUTHOLD	121	115
ZUMBRO VIEW FARMS LLC	87	53	KUGATH FARMS	121	51
LYLE AND WANDA HONEBRINK	87	114	WAL-KEN SWISS DAIRY	121	4
MIKE CHAMBERLAIN	88	29	DONALD + DARLENE MATROS	122	77
RICK HEUER	88	104	BRUCE & JODI HEIM	122	204
PANEK DAIRY	89	66	DAVID FLOM	122	26
LARRY LEXVOLD FAMILY	91	69	JOHN&MARY RADEMACHER	122	246
REUBEN AND JANICE STOMMES	91	66	MICHELS BROTHERS	122	27
ROBERT MILLER	92	65	DEAN RAUSCH	124	75
IRVIN + JOANNE SCHANSBERG	93	162	ROGER SWART	124	53
DAVID & CINDY HOESE	93	33	RAYMOND PRIMUS	125	32
TA LEONARD REG HOLSTEINS	93	48	LEY FARM	126	45
ROBERT + FAWN STAUB	95	28	STELLING LAND&CATTLE INC	127	204
GOLBERGS LAKEVIEW DAIRY	96	118	SCHOSSOW DAIRY	127	61
STEVE AND SANDY SIEGLE	99	55	SUNNY ACRES	127	34
KIDMAN DAIRY	99	127	BOB + LIZ KROCAK	128	169
LARRY AND DIANNA BRAEM	99	41	JOHN & CONNIE DONNAY	128	44
EDGEMEAD FARMS	100	67	J J DAIRY	128	49
ROSEVEIW DAIRY	102	177	ADAM & SARAH MELLGREN	128	58
			PHIL SUESS	128	102