• Freestall barn design and management for cow comfort 

  Bickert, W.G.; Smith, J.F. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service., 2011-05-04)

  Proper design, construction, and care of freestalls are essential to cows using the stalls and realizing their potential benefits for comfort and health. Freestall dimensions depend upon particular designs and are ...
• Performance of lactating dairy cattle in three different cooling systems 

  Meyer, M. J.; Smith, J.F.; Harner, Joseph P.; Titgemeyer, Evan C.; Shirley, John E. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service., 2011-05-04)

  Ninety-six Holstein multiple-lactation cows averaging 115 days in milk (DIM) and 60 Holstein first-lactation cows averaging 97 DIM at the initiation of a 10-wk study between June 10 and August 22, 1998 were used to ...
• Growth and feed efficiency of growing dairy replacement heifers supplemented with rimensin or bovatec 

  Scheffel, Michael V.; Park, A.; Smith, J.F.; Titgemeyer, Evan C.; Shirley, John E. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service., 2011-05-04)

  Ninety Holstein heifers were used to examine the effects of Rumensin® or Bovatec®. Average daily gain and feed efficiency was greater for heifers fed Rumensin® than for heifers fed Bovatec®. Heifers fed Rumensin® ...
• Sampling techniques for and interpretation of milk urea nitrogen concentration 

  Park, A.F.; Smith, J.F.; Rozell, Timothy G.; Stevenson, Jeffrey S.; Shirley, John E.; Scheffel, Michael V. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service., 2011-05-04)

  Representative MUN values can be obtained by testing a milk sample before milking, at AM or PM milking, or with an in-line siphon sampling device. MUN values obtained from homogenous milking strings are as accurate ...
• Cooling rate and storage temerature affect bacterial counts in raw milk 

  Cox, I.M; Adapa, S.; Schmidt, Karen A. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service., 2011-05-04)

  Raw milk was obtained from the K-State Dairy Teaching and Research Center and evaluated for quality after being stored under various conditions. Results showed that as storage temperature increased from 35 to 45EF for ...

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