Fifth DPM Program Modules [squares]

Dairy Production Medicine Certificate Program

* - Dates are tentative and subject to change.

  • Module 1: August 25-27, 2005
    • On Farm Problem Solving
    • Strategic Diagnostic Testing
    • Applied Epidemiology
  • Module 2: October 20-22, 2005
    • Forage and Feed Analysis
    • Ration Design
    • Feeding Systems and Environment
    • Benchmarks for Profitability
  • Module 3: March 16-18, 2006
    • Lactating Cow Diets
    • Records Analysis to Trouble-Shoot and Monitor Herds
    • Housing for Lactating Cows
  • Module 4: May 18-20, 2006 *
    • Dry Cow Nutrition
    • Transition Cow Health
    • Calf Management
    • Special Needs Cow Facilities
  • Module 5: August 17-19, 2006 *
    • Milk Quality and Mastitis Control Programs
    • Parlor Efficiency
    • Equipment Analysis
    • Practical Bacteriology
    • Influencing Parlor Performance
  • Module 6: October 19-21, 2006 *
    • Concepts in Reproductive Programs
    • Evaluating Reproductive Performance
    • Monitoring Impacts on Profitability
  • Module 7: March 22-24, 2007 *
    • Facilities and Animal Welfare
    • Lameness
    • Manure and Nutrient Management
    • Bull Breeding Soundness
  • Module 8: May 17-19, 2007 *
    • Herd Expansion or Evolution
    • Feeding for Components
    • Biosecurity
    • Diagnostic Testing Strategies
    • Control Programs
    • Designing Herd Protocols
  • Module 9: August 23-25, 2007 *
    • Evaluating Reproductive Performance
    • Culling Strategies
    • Advances in Immunology
    • Animal Welfare in Extreme Conditions
  • Module 10: October 18-20, 2007 *
    • Teams for Problem Solving
    • Veterinary Medicine and Emerging Diseases
    • Production Medicine in Progressive Practices
    • Financial Impacts