Industry Supporters:

To become an industry supporter contact us at: damaral@uky.edu.

American Dairy Science Association

http://www.adsa.org

Dairy Calf and Heifer Association

http://www.pdhga.org

National Mastitis Council

http://www.nmconline.org

National Milk Producers Federation

http://www.nmpf.org

Some Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) provided courtesy of:

Dairy-L
Illini DairyNet
National Livestock and Poultry Environmental Learning Center

Photos provided courtesy of:

Amber Weisenberger-University of Wisconsin Discovery Farms Program
American Milking Shorthorn Society
Bob James-Virginia Tech
Bob Peters-Maryland
Edwin Remsberg-University of Maryland, CSREES, USDA
Jerry Jones-Virginia Tech
Jud Heinrichs-Penn State
Mike Schutz-Purdue
Rebekah Bovee-Brown Swiss Association
Rick Norell-Idaho
USDA Photo Gallery
USDA-ARS Image Gallery
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation

Contributors:

Colorado State University - N.L. Dalsted, P.H. Gutierrez

Cornell University - Dave Barbano, K.J. Boor, Larry Chase, Jason Karszes, S.C. Murphy, Chuck Nicholson, Andrew Novakovic, Tom Overton, Mark Stephenson

CSREES - Charlotte Kirk Baer

Iowa State University - R Burns, Leo Timms, Larry Tranel

Kansas State University - Keith Bolsen, Michael Brouck, K. Dhuyyetter, James R. Dunham, Joseph P. Harner III, Twig Marston, John F. Smith, Gerald Stokka, Travis Van Anne

Louisiana State University - Vinicus Moreira

Michigan State University - Dave Beede, Vera Bitsch, Stephen Harsh, Joleen Hadrich, Kathy Lee, Nicole Olynk, Dale Rozeboom, H Allen Tucker, Christopher Wolf

North Carolina State University - Geoff Benson, W.M. Hagler Jr., John Rushing, Lon W Whitlow

North Dakota State University - J.W. Schroeder

Ohio State University - Maurice Eastridge, Gonzalo Ferreira, Jeff Firkins, Dianne Shoemaker, Normand St-Pierre, Bill Weiss

Oregon State University - Troy Downing, Mike Gamroth, John Hart, Dan Sullivan

Pennsylvania State University - Richard S. Adams, Matthew Gabler, R. Graves, D. Griswold, Jud Heinrichs, Lawrence J. Hutchinson, Virginia A. Ishler, Coleen Jones, Sylvia Kehoe, Brian Lammers, Thomas R. McCarty, Dan McFarland, Michael O'Connor, Sarah Roth, Trent Schriefer, J. Tyson, Bob Van Saun, Gabriella A. Varga, T. Wilson

Purdue University - Todd Applegate, Tim Johnson, Mike Schutz, A Sutton

South Dakota State University - Alvaro Garcia, Kenneth Kalscheur, D Nicolai, S Phohl, Nancy Thiex, Kent Tjardes

Texas A&M University - Todd Bilby, Ellen Jordan, Tamilee Nennich

University of Arkansas - Shane Gadberry, Jodie A. Pennington, Jeremy Powell, Karl Van Devender

University of Arizona - Ehrin L. Ahnen, Dennis Armstrong, Robert J. Collier, Matt Van Baale

University of California-Davis - Gregg Billikopf, Michael Overton

University of Connecticut - Sheila Andrew, Lynn Hinckley, Rich Meinert

University of Deleware - Limin Kung, Jr.

University of Florida - Bruno Amaral, David Bray, Kermit Buchman, J.F. Butler, Geoffrey E. Dahl, Albert DeVries, P.E. Kaufman, P.G. Koehler, J.K. Shearer, Charlie Staples, William W. Thatcher

University of Georgia - John K. Bernard, Warren Gilson, Bill Graves, Steve Nickerson, Joe West

University of Idaho - Mireille Chahine, Mario E. de Haro Marti, Rick Norell, R Sheffield

University of Illinois - Jim Drackley, David Fischer, Mike Hutjens, Nicole A. Janovick-Guretzky, Mike Murphy, Dick Wallace

University of Kentucky - Donna Amaral-Phillips, Robert Harmon, Alan (Jack) McAllister, Linda McClanahan, Josh Renaker, Larissa Tucker

University of Maryland - Rich Erdman, Kiera Finucance, Rick Kohn, Bob Peters, Mark Varner

University of Minnesota - Neil Broadwater, Hugh Chester-Jones, Marcia I. Endres, B. Hetchler, L. Jacobson, Kevin A. Janni, Jim Linn, Jim Paulson, Jim Riddle, Steve Stewart, D. Ziegler, J. Zulovich

University of Missouri - C. Fulhage, Barry Steevens

University of Nebraska - Michael P. Carlson, Steve M. Ensley, Galen Erickson, Jeff Keown, Rick K. Koelsch, P.J. Kononoff

University of Tennessee - Delton C. Gerloff, Robert W. Holland Jr., Gary W. Rogers, S.R. Van Amstel

University of Vermont - Heather Darby

University of Wisconsin - Nigel B. Cook, Bob Cropp, Paul Fricke, Gregg Hadley, Pat Hoffman, David Kammel, Randy Shaver, John Schefers, Michael Wattiaux, Kent Weigel, Milo C. Whitbank

Utah State University - Duarte Diaz, Dave Wilson, Allen Young

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - Bennet Cassell, J. Cyriac, Sue Duncan, Cameron Hackney, Mark D. Hannigan, Stephanie Hill, Ernest Hovingh, Bob James, Gerald M. (Jerry) Jones, Katherine Knowlton, Susan Sumner

Washington State University - Larry Fox, Joe Harrison, Lynn Johnson-VanWieringer, Ron Kincaid, Rebecca White

William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute - Rick Grant

Contributors Outside the U.S.

Brazil - Robert Sartori

Canada - Dave Christensen

Turkey - Ahmet Gumen

Peter Tozer

Industry Contributors

Jim Barmore
Greg Bethard
Roger Cady
Glenn Carpenter
Dave Casper
Steve Eicker
Michael Ethchebarne
Brad Harman
Floyd Hoisington
Tim Johnson
R Larson
Hernando Lopez
Lisa McGory
Fred Moore
Brian Perkins
Dwight Roseler
William P. Seglar
Ian Shivas
Juan Velez
Vince Waters
Deb Wilks
B Ziegler
Greg Zuver

Special thanks to those who allowed us to link to their websites and/or contributed material: ATTRA, Sam Leadley, National Association of Animal Breeders, National Center for Appropriate Technology, National Mastitis Council, Organic Agriculture Consortium/Scientific Congress on Organic Agricultural Research and Jim Quigley.