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Practical Resources
- Addressing Milk Fever in Your Organic Dairy Herd
- eOrganic. 2012
- Assessment of Herd Health and Management on Organic Dairy Farms [PDF - 690 kB]
- University of Wisconsin. 2013
- University of Wisconsin. 2013
- Healthy Cow Check-Up--How to Perform a Physical Exam Video
- eOrganic. 2012
- Heat Stress in Ruminants [PDF - 321 kB]
- Animal Welfare Task Force. 2009
- Herd Health on Organic Dairy Farms
- eOrganic. 2010
- Identifying Lameness in Dairy Cattle [PDF - 215 kB]
- Animal Welfare Task Force. 2009
- Animal Welfare Task Force. 2009
- Index of Cattle Diseases
- Organic-Vet
- Mother-bonded and Fostered Calf Rearing in Dairy Farming [PDF - 1.3 MB]
- FiBL. 2015
- Natural Dairy Cow Health [PDF - 861 kB]
- Wageningen University. 2011
- Wageningen University. 2011
- No Veterinarian? Could Mean Higher Somatic Cell Counts for Your Organic Dairy Herd [PDF - 779 kB]
- University of Wisconsin. 2013
- Occurrence and Treatment of Mastitis on Organic Dairy Farms [PDF - 797 kB]
- University of Wisconsin. 2013
- Organic Dairy Herd Health resources from eOrganic
Please note that these resources are from the USA, so not all recommendations may be applicable to Canadian producers.- General Concepts
- Alternative and Complementary Treatment and Medicines
- Effect of Housing and Cow Comfort on Health and Disease
- External and Internal Pests and Parasites
- Hoof Health and Lameness
- Managing Disease in the Organic Herd
- Reproductive Management from Breeding through Freshening
- Udder Health and Milk Quality
- Youngstock Management
- Peer Benchmarking Tools for Milk Production, Milk Fat, Milk Protein, Somatic Cell Count, Clinical Mastitis and Culling
- University of Wisconsin. 2013
- The Risks of Disease Perception on Organic and Small Conventional Dairy Farms [PDF - 794 kB]
- University of Wisconsin. 2013
- Where are the Veterinarians on Organic Farms? [PDF - 723 kB]
- University of Wisconsin. 2013
Scientific Results
- Animal health and welfare in organic livestock production in Europe: current state and future challenges
- Livestock Production Science (2003) 80: 41-53
- Assessing, and understanding, European organic dairy farmers’ intentions to improve herd health
- Preventative Veterinary Medicine (2016) 133: 10-21
- Birdsfoot trefoil as a preventative treatment for gastrointestinal nematodes in pastured dairy heifers
- Canadian Journal of Animal Science (2015) 95: 533-537
- Comparative risk assessment for new cow-level Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis infections between 3 dairy production types: Organic, conventional, and conventional-grazing systems
- Journal of Dairy Science (2016) 99: 9885-9899
- A comparative study of the metabolic profile, insulin sensitivity and inflammatory response between organically and conventionally managed dairy cattle during the periparturient period
- Animal (2014) 8: 1516-1525
- Comparing ELISA test-positive prevalence, risk factors and management recommendations for Johne’s disease prevention between organic and conventional dairy farms in Ontario, Canada
- Preventative Veterinary Medicine (2015) 122: 83-91
- Culling reasons in organic and conventional dairy herds and genotype by environment interaction for longevity
- Journal of Dairy Science (2011) 94: 1568-1575
- Daily grazing time as a risk factor for alterations at the hock joint integument in dairy cows
- Animal (2013) 7: 160-166
- Dairy calf management—A comparison of practices and producer attitudes among conventional and organic herds
- Journal of Dairy Science (2017) 100: 8310-8321
- A deductive approach to animal health planning in organic dairy farming: Method description
- Organic Eprints. 2015
- Differences between dairy cows descending from artificial insemination bulls vs. dairy cows descending from natural service bulls on organic farms in Switzerland
- Livestock Science (2016) 185: 30-33
- Effect of human-animal relationship and management on udder health in Swiss dairy herds
- Journal of Dairy Science (2011) 94: 5890-5902
- Effect of intrauterine dextrose on reproductive performance of lactating dairy cows diagnosed with purulent vaginal discharge under certified organic management
- Journal of Dairy Science (2015) 98: 3876-3886
- Effect of intrauterine infusion of an organic-certified product on uterine health, survival, and fertility of dairy cows with toxic puerperal metritis
- Journal of Dairy Science (2015) 98: 3120-3132
- Effect of serum calcium status at calving on survival, health, and performance of postpartum Holstein cows and calves under certified organic management
- Journal of Dairy Science (2017) 100: 3059-3067
- Effects of essential oils on proteolytic, deaminative and methanogenic activities of mixed ruminal bacteria
- Canadian Journal of Animal Science (2008) 88: 117-122
- The Effects of Lameness on Social and Individual Behavior of Dairy Cows
- Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science (2002) 5: 193-201
- Effects of turning to 100% organic feed on metabolic status of Swedish organic dairy cows
- Livestock Science (2012) 242-248
- Ethnoveterinary medicines used for ruminants in British Columbia, Canada
- Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2007) 3:11
- European organic dairy farmers’ preference for animal health management within the farm management system
- animal (2015) 9: 1875-1883
- Farmers taking responsibility for herd health development—stable schools in research and advisory activities as a tool for dairy health and welfare planning in Europe
- Organic Agriculture (2015) 5: 135-141
- Growth, behavior, and economics of group-fed dairy calves fed once or twice daily in an organic production system
- Journal of Dairy Science (2017) 100: 3318-3325
- Herd health and health management in organic versus conventional dairy herds in Norway
- Livestock Science (2007) 112: 123-132
- Herd-level risk factors for hock injuries in freestall-housed dairy cows in the northeastern United States and California
- Journal of Dairy Science (2013) 96: 3758-3765
- Herd-level risk factors for lameness in freestall farms in the northeastern United States and California
- Journal of Dairy Science (2013) 96: 318-328
- Hock injury prevalence and associated risk factors on organic and nonorganic dairy farms in the United Kingdom
- Journal of Dairy Science (2008) 91: 2265-2274
- How can veterinarians be interesting partners for organic dairy farmers? French farmers’ point of views
- Preventative Veterinary Medicine (2017) 146: 16-26
- Impact of animal health and welfare planning on medicine use, herd health and production in European organic dairy farms
- Livestock Science (2012) 145: 63-72
- The impact of genetic selection for increased milk yield on the welfare of dairy cows
- Animal Welfare (2010) 19: 39-49
- Impact of lameness and claw lesions in cows on health and production
- Livestock Science (2013) 156: 64-70
- Incidence rate of pathogen-specific clinical mastitis on conventional and organic Canadian dairy farms
- Journal of Dairy Science (2016) 99: 1341-1350
- The influence of farm and herd factors on the health status of organic dairy cattle under low concentrate feeding considering an assessment-tool for siterelated breeding
- Organic Eprints. 2015
- Lameness prevalence and risk factors in organic and non-organic dairy herds in the United Kingdom
- The Veterinary Journal (2009) 180: 95-105
- Lameness prevalence and risk factors in organic dairy herds in four European countries
- Livestock Science (2018) 208:44-50
- Management factors affecting udder health and effects of a one year extension program in organic dairy herds
- animal (2009) 3: 1596-1604
- Management Practices and Their Potential Influence on Johne’s Disease Transmission on Canadian Organic Dairy Farms—A Conceptual Analysis
- Sustainability (2014) 6: 8237-8261
- Mastitis, ketosis, and milk fever in 31 organic and 93 conventional Norwegian dairy herds
- Journal of Dairy Science (2001) 84: 2673-2679
- Milk yield, udder health and reproductive performance in Swedish organic and conventional dairy herds
- Journal of Dairy Research (2009) 76: 402-410
- Parasites and parasite management practices of organic and conventional dairy herds in Minnesota
- Journal of Dairy Science (2015) 98: 3143-3151
- A participatory approach to design monitoring indicators of production diseases in organic dairy farms
- Preventative Veterinary Medicine (2016) 128: 12-22
- Perceptions and risk factors for lameness on organic and small conventional dairy farms
- Journal of Dairy Science (2013) 96: 5018-5026
- Perceptions of French private veterinary practitioners’ on their role in organic dairy farms and opportunities to improve their advisory services for organic dairy farmers
- Preventative Veterinary Medicine (2016) 133: 10-21
- Practical implications of increasing ‘natural living’ through suckling systems in organic dairy calf rearing
- Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences (2007) 54: 375-386
- Prevalence and risk factors for extended-spectrum β-lactamase or AmpC-producing Escherichia coli in organic dairy herds in the Netherlands
- Journal of Dairy Science (2017) 100: 562-571
- Prevalence and risk factors for lameness in insulated free stall barns in Finland
- Livestock Science (2013) 156: 44-52
- Prevalence of and factors associated with hock, knee, and neck injuries on dairy cows in freestall housing in Canada
- Journal of Dairy Science (2014) 97: 173-184
- Prevalence of production disease related indicators in organic dairy herds in four European countries
- Livestock Science (2017) 198: 104-108
- A randomized controlled trial to compare the use of homeopathy and internal Teat Sealers for the prevention of mastitis in organically farmed dairy cows
- Homeopathy (2010) 99: 90-98
- Recent experiences in application of homeopathy in farm animals
- Organic Eprints. 2006
- Organic Eprints. 2006
- Reduced likelihood of bovine coronavirus and bovine respiratory syncytial virus infection on organic compared to conventional dairy farms
- The Veterinary Journal (2009) 182: 436-440
- Reducing lameness in dairy herds – Overcoming some barriers
- Research in Veterinary Science (2013) 94: 820-825
- Risk factors for clinical mastitis, ketosis, and pneumonia in dairy cattle on organic and small conventional farms in the United States
- Journal of Dairy Science (2013) 96: 4269-4285
- The status of essential elements and associations with milk yield and the occurrence of mastitis in organic and conventional dairy herds
- Livestock Science (2014) 168: 120-127
- Status of vitamins E and A and β-carotene and health in organic dairy cows fed a diet without synthetic vitamins
- Journal of Dairy Science (2014) 97: 1682-1692
- A systematic review and qualitative analysis of treatments other than conventional antimicrobials for clinical mastitis in dairy cows
- Journal of Dairy Science (2017) 100: 7751-7770
- Udder health at a Swedish research farm with both organic and conventional dairy cow management
- Organic Eprints. 2014
- Organic Eprints. 2014
- Uptake and effectiveness of interventions to reduce claw lesions in 40 dairy herds in the UK
- Animal Welfare (2012) 21: 563-576
- Use of diagnostic markers to monitor fasciolosis and gastrointestinal nematodes on an organic dairy farm
- Veterinary Record (2011) 169: 524
- Use of homeopathy in organic dairy farming in Spain
- Homeopathy (2016) 105: 102-108