Dairy Cattle Day

Dairy Cattle Day, held on March 20, 2002, offered a program of expert presentations on the contemporary issues including tail docking in dairy cattle, preparedness for epidemic disease outbreaks, air quality issues and Johne's disease.  A panel discussion on county environmental regulations stimulated considerable discussion. Very popular were short presentations on research by departmental graduate students. 

Demonstrations during the afternoon program, held at the campus Dairy Teaching and Research Facility, included locomotion scoring, functional foot trimming and use of rumen-fistulated cattle in dairy research. About 150 dairy producers and representatives of allied industries attended.  Printed proceedings of the program are available from Dr. Ed DePeters (ejdepeters@ucdavis.edu) or by calling 530/752-1250. Proceedings may also be read at http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/events/dairycattleday/2002/Proceedings.htm