A PUBLICATION OF
USAHA at its Annual Meeting approved a pair of resolutions calling on USDA to incorporate the DHIA Milk ELISA Johne’s test in its Voluntary Bovine Johne’s Disease Control Program. The group of scientists noted that the milk test is “comparable in accuracy to the currently available serum ELISA kits” and that approval “would allow dairy producers to access additional testing options.”
The resolution goes on to the Board of Directors and then to USDA for implementation.
Minnesota DHIA offers the Milk ELISA Johne’s test to all customers (and to non-customers). The cost of the test is $5 per cow, and information is generally returned to the farm in under a week. You select the cows or criteria for the test. Results are available in paper or electronic format and can be sent to your Vet. We encourage all herds considering Johne’s testing to consult with your Vet. We test for Johne’s using the same DHIA sample collected for butterfat analysis. The test is conducted on that sample after components and SCC are run.
Over 14,000 cows
have been tested at the
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organizations, regional representatives, and individual members. USAHA works
with state and federal governments, universities, veterinarians, livestock
producers, national livestock and poultry organizations, research scientists,
the extension service and seven foreign countries to control livestock diseases
in the
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Colors Available: Pink,
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Price: $0.59 each tag
Set of 25: $14.63
Additional Options: AIN number printed on back ($0.14 extra each tag)
In order to be published in the year-end Annual Summary for Minnesota DHIA, herds must have 11 tests in calendar year 2007, and must have selected the publicity option. To check, look at the lower left corner of your herd summary report. It will say either “Publication” or “No Record Publication”. To change your option, talk to your Field Rep on sample day. There are no requirements on the annual percentage of milk sold, except that you must report milk sold so a percentage shows up.
Valid ID Needed
One of the differences between ATA and DRMS is in their EDITS. DRMS has in place EDITS that look for valid Tag or Registration numbers. If the data that we enter isn’t valid, it stops the herd in EDIT and needs to be fixed. MNDHIA is now doing the edits for our members and since we have access to our DC/Ftech cowfiles, we can sometimes verify or correct information that DRMS wouldn’t have.
For those animals where we can’t find correct information, we will be sending notes to your Field Rep to correct on the next test day. It if very important to get this information corrected in order to quickly and accurately process your records.
For on-farm software users, please correct tag or registration numbers as requested. It is very important to enter the first tag in a series correctly. We have seen examples of having an extra 0 in a number on the first of a series and all the animals that follow have that extra 0 as well. This creates a domino affect very quickly and the result is unusable ID and records on many cows.
Fast
If you have internet access, you can access your reports within seconds of processing being completed. This will be a nice feature (and its free right now) for weekends and holidays. You will get a message at logon that says there will be a $2 charge. That will be covered by MN DHIA, so there will be no charge to you. This access will save you time and if you choose to access data here instead of by mail, it will save costs to MN DHIA.
1. Logon to www.DRMS.org
2. Click on LOGIN
3. Enter Herd code and RAC (4 digit Release Code). Please call 800.827.3442 if you need your RAC.
4. First time only: Sign up for Web Reports
5. Click here to display WebReport (Green bar)
6. View this month’s reports as well as past months (only for months you have processed here)
7. You can download the reports to your computer if you wish to look at them any time during the month. They will be saved under sample date so next month you will still be able to look at this month’s reports.
If your Field Rep has entered your email address into their computer, you will receive an email telling you when your herd has processed, and providing a link to the logon page on the DRMS website.
Our goal is to optionally attach reports to an email again after some other projects are completed. Until the new options screens are programmed, you will continue to receive the paper reports. To prevent this, have your Field Rep send us a memo with your herd on sample day.
If you would like help getting this set up on your computer, please ask your Field Rep on sample day or call Robyn at 800.827.3442, extension 19.
The Calendar Report and New Lactation Reports are now available. Please order these from your Field Rep on sample day.
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November Quality Leaders (Records Processed in November)
|
|
SCC |
Cows |
LgScc |
|
|
SCC |
Cows |
LgSCC |
|
DAN AND JOLENE SCHLANGEN |
35 |
68 |
1.2 |
|
JOHN ROBERS |
87 |
20 |
1.9 |
|
MARK KLEHR |
42 |
52 |
1.4 |
|
WINTER
VIEW |
87 |
38 |
2 |
|
LYNN WAEGE |
50 |
45 |
1.6 |
|
LESTER AND GARY RYDEEN |
87 |
51 |
2.4 |
|
JEFF MILLER |
52 |
57 |
1.3 |
|
RAYMOND JONES |
88 |
61 |
2 |
|
LARRY AND DIANNA BRAEM |
54 |
41 |
1.5 |
|
PAUL NIES |
89 |
36 |
1.9 |
|
DAVID SCHUUR |
56 |
56 |
1.8 |
|
OAT HILL DAIRY |
89 |
84 |
2 |
|
DANIEL HALLBERG |
57 |
65 |
1.3 |
|
JOHN+MARY RADEMACHER |
90 |
130 |
1.9 |
|
SCHEFERS BROS |
58 |
80 |
1.4 |
|
SCOTT & JACOLYN RICKEMAN |
91 |
70 |
1.9 |
|
BOB AND BARB PETIT |
59 |
60 |
1.6 |
|
MIKE + DENISE WHITE |
92 |
61 |
1.8 |
|
HAPPKE
|
60 |
67 |
1.5 |
|
ROBERT + FAWN STAUB |
92 |
30 |
2.2 |
|
KIMM'S DAIRY |
61 |
88 |
1.7 |
|
JEFF BLENKER |
92 |
46 |
2.2 |
|
REWITZER+SONS |
62 |
37 |
2.1 |
|
PHILIP & SHEREEN HAUGE |
94 |
45 |
1.8 |
|
KEVIN & CHERYL KRUIZENGA |
64 |
58 |
1.3 |
|
AB ACRES |
94 |
41 |
1.9 |
|
MAYNARD SCHUMACHER |
65 |
49 |
1.9 |
|
KEVIN & SHEILA THARALDSON |
95 |
57 |
1.8 |
|
HIESERICH FARM |
67 |
88 |
1.6 |
|
LUX-URY HOLSTEINS INC. |
95 |
122 |
1.8 |
|
DARAN AND CHRISTY BORTH |
68 |
70 |
1.7 |
|
KEVIN ANDERSON |
95 |
40 |
2.1 |
|
CRONK DAIRY |
68 |
38 |
1.8 |
|
TOM FUECHTMANN |
96 |
100 |
1.6 |
|
PAUL+ANN%NIBBE |
70 |
37 |
1.9 |
|
VALLEY GEM FARMS INC. |
97 |
71 |
1.5 |
|
MIKE + ROSIE ZEIG |
70 |
32 |
2.2 |
|
GLEN SCHROEDER + SON |
97 |
143 |
2.3 |
|
MARK TITERA |
71 |
25 |
1.6 |
|
BOB & TERRI KETCHUM |
98 |
118 |
1.8 |
|
GERALD+LISA BURG |
71 |
42 |
1.9 |
|
BRUCE BURMEISTER |
98 |
41 |
2.3 |
|
BRUCE AND JODI HEIM |
72 |
148 |
1.7 |
|
BRUCE RUNDHAUG |
100 |
60 |
1.8 |
|
FRANK PATRICK |
72 |
59 |
1.8 |
|
ELDON MALWITZ |
100 |
42 |
1.9 |
|
GARY P LIESER |
72 |
55 |
1.9 |
|
DAVID & CAROL BOLLMAN |
100 |
70 |
1.9 |
|
DEAN RAUSCH |
72 |
62 |
2.1 |
|
JOPPS CENTURY FARMS |
100 |
100 |
2.1 |
|
RONALD + ANN BORASH |
73 |
61 |
1.7 |
|
BECHTOLD BROS |
100 |
120 |
2.1 |
|
JAMES AND PAUL GREGORY |
74 |
90 |
1.5 |
|
SCHREIBER BROS |
100 |
87 |
|
|
JIM KULINSKI |
74 |
50 |
1.6 |
|
DENNIS+SANDY REED |
101 |
51 |
2 |
|
TIM & SUE HOESE |
74 |
43 |
1.8 |
|
TROSEN DAIRY |
101 |
234 |
2.1 |
|
GREGORY P. ZILKA |
75 |
32 |
1.5 |
|
BARGMANN FARMS INC |
101 |
50 |
2.2 |
|
DONALD + DARLENE MATROS |
75 |
77 |
1.6 |
|
LARSON BROS. DAIRY |
101 |
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