Dairy production medicine in the United States

Authors

  • John Fetrow College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108
  • Roger Cady Monsanto Dairy Business, St. Louis, MO 63167
  • Gordon Jones Fair Oaks Dairy, Wheatfield, IN 46392

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol38no2p113-120

Keywords:

dairies, dairy cattle, dairy farms, dairy industry, farm management, milk production, veterinarians, veterinary education, veterinary medicine, veterinary services

Abstract

Consolidation of the dairy industry in the United States over the next decade will secure the transition of dairy farms to a new model of larger, "scale-adapted" dairies. With that change, the demand for dairy veterinarians in a traditional practice role will decline and the roles played by those that remain will change. Dairy veterinary medicine will largely shift from a "hands-on" technical role to a role in consultation, dairy management and at higher levels in the food and production chain. Veterinary education will need to change as well to respond to these trends.

Cover image of Volume 38, No.2 of the Bovine Practitioner: a photo of the Fort Worth Livestock Exchange, with several tents set up in front, a stack of firewood, and a fire pit. Two men wearing cowboy hats and button downs stand in front of the building chatting.

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Published

2004-06-01

Issue

Vol. 38, No. 2 (2004 June)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Dairy production medicine in the United States. (2004). The Bovine Practitioner, 38(2), 113-120. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol38no2p113-120