Spring 2027

Production Medicine I

Production Medicine I involves visiting dairy farms to identify production-limiting problems and develop priority lists based on economic importance.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2011: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2012: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Fall 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Evaluate medication and vaccine use in dairy calves and fresh cows

  • Use injury and locomotion scoring to evaluate cow comfort and lameness in adult dairy cattle and assess hoof trimming at the herd level

  • Use Microsoft Excel and free online software to perform statistical analysis on health and production data collected from DHIA and DairyCOMP 305

  • Diagnose pregnancy and identify ovarian structures using transrectal palpation. Incorporate reproductive management strategies to improve fertility in dairy herds

  • Provide obstetric manipulations to safely deliver malpositioned and/or oversized calves.

  • Evaluate fresh cow diagnosis and treatment protocols on dairy farms

  • Deliver written and verbal reports to dairy farmers and veterinary colleagues

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Declared in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine with fourth year standing

  • Declared in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine with fourth year standing
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  • Declared in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine with fourth year standing

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2011: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2012: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Fall 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Visual evaluation of farmsteads and herds, DHI record interpretation, and herd record analysis
  • Medication and vaccine use in dairy calves and fresh cows
  • Cow comfort, lameness evaluation, and hoof trimming assessment
  • Reproductive management, pregnancy diagnosis, and fertility improvement in dairy herds
  • Fresh cow diagnosis and treatment protocol evaluation

Skills

  • Identify production limiting problems and develop a priority list based on economic importance
  • Interpret DHI records and perform computer analysis of herd records
  • Perform statistical analysis on health and production data using Microsoft Excel and free online software
  • Diagnose pregnancy via transrectal palpation and incorporate reproductive management strategies
  • Provide obstetric manipulations to deliver malpositioned or oversized calves
  • Deliver written and verbal reports to dairy farmers and veterinary colleagues

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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