Dairy Newsletters

Dr. Hertlein Joins Our Practice Dr. Matt will graduate from Kansas State College of Veterinary Medicine and start work at Maria Stein Animal Clinic this month. He grew up in Thornville, Ohio, which is East of Columbus and graduated from Ohio State in Animal Science. He was then a partner in a dairy farm for 15 years.
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Drug backorders Generic Oxytetracycline and Ampicillin are unavailable in the short time. Name brands are available at higher costs.
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Drs, Michalak, Hardesty, and Nusbaum attended the Heartland Feed Services Calf Meeting. Kevin Dhuyvetter of Elanco Explored the Economics of Raising Dairy Replacement Heifers.
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Drs Stayduhar and Hardesty attend Ohio Dairy Vets Meeting There were updates on HPAI Outbreaks from state veterinarian Dr.Sommers and the owner and veterinarian at the one dairy in Ohio that had an outbreak. There were several talks on monitoring systems including reproduction, health, group monitoring, efficiencies, and automated technologies. Our new OSU Dairy Nutritionist, Dr Kirby Krogstad presented Monitoring Nutrition and The Next Chapter of Rumen Health. We will share what we learned through our newsletters.
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 Peer Group Meetings We are having our next peer group meeting at noon at Speedway Lanes 455 N Herman St. New Bremen, OH Thursday, January 30, Ors. Lowell Midla and Doris Ledwith of Merck (SCR) will present on the capabilities of Activity Monitoring Systems. If you have a system, you may find that it can do even more than simple heat detection. If you don't have a system, this may be enough for you to move into the technology that is changing the way we run our dairies. Lunch will be available at 12 noon sponsored by Merck.
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Dairy Producer's Banquet If you get this reminder before December 5, come to the Knights Hall in Maria Stein between 9 and 3 we have some great speakers and a full meal for you.
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 Dairy Producer's Banquet is Thursday, Dec 5 - ​​​​​​This is a pretty exciting lineup. Dr. Bill Wavrin is our main speaker and will fill the morning. He is a dairyman, a veterinarian, a proclaimed capitalist, and humanitarian from how he sees his employees in his first talk "Organizing Milk Harvest - Producer Perspective on Infrastructure and HR." "What to Expect from Your Future Vet" is his second talk.
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Getting a hold of us: If phones are working like we expect, you should only need one number for us. 419-925-6212 is answered by staff, usually Jill, during the day and goes direct to the doctor on call when the office is closed. Jill does the ordering and schedules most farm calls. Put 419-925-6212 in your phone as our primary contact. Texting or calling an individual doctor is okay if the phone doesn't work right, but they may not be working or are on a long call that they can't respond quickly.
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 Dairy Producer's Banquet is Thursday, Dec 5 This is a pretty exciting lineup. Dr. Bill Wavrin is our main speaker and will fill the morning. He is a dairyman, a veterinarian, a proclaimed capitalist, and humanitarian from how he sees his employees in his first talk "Organizing Milk Harvest - Producer Perspective on Infrastructure and HR." "What to Expect from Your Future Vet" is his second talk. He says, "Your vet is valuable with a sleeve or a scalpel, but more valuable when they lay them down."
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 Dairy Producer's Banquet is Thursday, Dec 5 This is a pretty exciting lineup. Dr. Bill Wavrin is our main speaker and will fill the morning. He is a dairyman, a veterinarian, a proclaimed capitalist, and humanitarian from how he sees his employees in his first talk "Organizing Milk Harvest - Producer Perspective on Infrastructure and HR." "What to Expect from Your Future Vet" is his second talk. He says, "Your vet is valuable with a sleeve or a scalpel, but more valuable when they lay them down."
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Maria Stein Animal Clinic

8155 State Route 119 Maria Stein, OH 45860
419-925-4212

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1018 West Auglaize Street Wapakoneta, OH 45895
419-738-7257

Heartland Veterinary Care

315 East Main Street Versailles, OH 45380
937-526-5599