Fairs and Exhibitions

General Biosecurity Fact Sheets and Signs

Disinfectants

Cattle Infectious Diseases Fact Sheets

Equine Infectious Diseases Fact Sheets

Other Livestock Infectious Diseases

• Poultry - Avian Influenza (USDA)

Module Overview & Forms

• Overview
• Risk Assessment and Best Management Practices
• Links
  • NY Beef Council
  • National Beef Quality Assurance Website
  • 2016 National Beef Quailty Audit

General Information

• BLV Fast Facts
• Bovine leukosis virus background and best management practices
• Tips for Implementing a BLV Control Program

Risk Assessment Form

• BLV Risk Assessment

Veterinary Resource Materials

• Available BLV Tests
• BLV Testing Strategies

• An Introduction to Bovine Viral Diarrhea
• Bovine Viral Diarrhea: Background, Management and Control
• BVD Tests
• BVD Pooled Tests
• BVD Control Procedures

Forms

• BVD Risk Assessment (Word)
• BVD Risk Assessment (PDF)

Introduction

• Calf Health Introduction

Risk Assessment Forms

• Base Assessment Worksheet (Word)
• Enteritis Assessment Worksheet (Word)
• Respiratory Assessment Worksheet (Word)
• Testing for Passive Transfer of Immunity (Word)

Appendices

• Benchmarks
• Calving Assistance Guidelines and Calf Resuscitation
• Colostrum Collection and Handling, Usage of Refractometer
• Temperature Correction Colostrum Value (PennState Extension)
• Cleaning Equipment
• Housing, Bedding and Fly Control
• Improving Calf Barn Ventilation With a Bit of Fresh Air
• Liquid Feed Management and Water Information
• Pasteurizer Costs Spreadsheet (PennState Extension)
• Milk Replacement Management (USDA)
• Milk Replacer Costs and Your Options (PennState Extension)
• Management of Whole Milk, Waste Milk, Pasteurized Milk, Acidified Milk and Combinations
• Free Choice Feeding and Group Housing of Calves (Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs)
• Managing a Pasteurizer System for Feeding Milk to Calves (Bovine Alliance on Management & Nutrition)
• Using the Calf Milk Pasteurization Evaluator Spreadsheet (PennState Extension)
• University of Wisconsin-Madison Calf Health Scoring Chart

Module Overview & Forms

• Overview of NYSCHAP Cattle Welfare Module
• NYSCHAP Cattle Welfare Module Assessment Form
• Heifer Raiser Contract
• Elanco Heifer Body Condition Scoring Guide
• Elanco Cow Body Condition Scoring Guide
• University of Wisconsin Hygiene Scoring Chart
• Zinpro Locomotion Scoring of Dairy Cattle (Zinpro)
• Hock Scoring Chart (Cornell Cooperative Extension)
• Cattle Welfare Scoring Sheet
• Cull/Mortality Recording Sheet
• Employee Training Record Sheet
   

F.A.R.M. v4.0 Information

• F.A.R.M. v4.0 Checklist
• Continuing Education Requirements for FARM v4.0
• Disbudding and Pain Management for FARM v4.0
• Fitness for Transport for FARM v4.0
• Non ambulatory Cows for FARM v4.0
• Switch Trimming (National Dairy Farm Program)
• Animal Care v4.0 Handbook
• FARM Herd Health Protocol Resources
• FARM Animal Care Evaluation (Cow Care Agreement forms, Training forms) Resources
• FARM Dairy Stockmanship videos

AABP Information

American Association of Bovine Practitioners 

• AABP-AVC Joint Judicious Therapeutic Use of Antimicrobials Guideline 2019
• Castration Guidelines from AABP 2019
• Dehorning Guidelines from AABP 2019
• Euthanasia Guidelines from AABP 2019
• Non Ambulatory Guidelines from AABP 2020
• Transportation Guidelines from AABP 2019
• VCPR Guidelines from AABP 2020

Fact Sheets

• NYSCHAP Core Module Overview
• Best Management Practices
• Extralabel Drug Use Algorithm
• Cleaning & Disinfection on the Dairy
• Disinfectants

Forms

Please contact NYSCHAP coordinator for information on enrollment and farm review forms.

Basic Information

• Best Management Practices to avoid drug residues
• Definitions
• Introduction

Risk Assessment, Forms

• 8 Steps for Keeping Records
• Animal Treatment Plan Form
• Daily Treatment Record Form
• Veterinary Client Drug Usage Agreement Form
• Pre-Market/Slaughter Checklist
• Recommended Drug List for Your Dairy
• Risk Assessment of a cull Dairy Cow for Tissue Residue

Basic Information

• Considerations in Flooring, Curt Gooch
• Foot Bath - Key Points (Zinpro)
• How to judge a hoof trim, Shirley Roenfeldt
• Investigating Herds with Lameness Problems, Chuck Guard, DVM, PhD
• Locomotion Scoring Chart (Zinpro)
• NYSCHAP Foot Health Module - Background and Best Management Practices
• What to Look For in a Hoof Trimmer, John W. Anderson (Hoard's Dairyman)

Foot Health Forms

• Cow Comfort Assessment Tool - For use with the Dairy Herd Lameness Evaluation Form
• Dairy Herd Lameness Evaluation Form
• Hock Assessment Chart for Cattle
• Use of Locomotion Scoring as a Management Tool

Introduction

• Herd Expansion - Best management practices

Risk Assessment

• Buyers PrePurchase Survey
• Herd Expansion Risk Assessment Form
• Herd Expansion Biosecurity Risk Guide

General Fact Sheets

• Is Your Business Positioned For Expansion?
• Managing Health Risks When Introducing Cattle
• Vaccination Strategies to Maximize Preventive Health and To Minimize Adverse Effects on Market Quality

Johne's Program for Cattle - Overview

• Johne's Module Overview
• Clinical Description and Epidemiology of Johne's Disease in Cattle
• Highlights of Designing a Johne's Herd Prevention Plan
• Johne's Management in Beef Cattle
• Johne's Disease Risk Assessment Form

Johne's Herd Testing in Cattle

• Choosing and Using Johne's Tests and Testing Strategies
• Johne's Test Strategy Table
• Basic Procedures for Johne's Testing
• Johne's Test Information

Resource Materials on Johne's Disease

• Handbook for Vets & Beef Producers (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
• Handbook for Vets & Dairy Producers (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
• Johne's Disease Information Website (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
• USDA Website on Johne's Disease (USDA)
• Johne's Disease in Goats
• USDA Johne's Program Standards for the Herd Classification Program (USDA)
• Information on Johne’s Certification Programs (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Other Johne's Disease References

• Stabel, JR. Symposium: Biosecurity and Disease. Johne's Disease: A Hidden Threat. J Dairy Sci, 81:283-288, 1998.
• Stabel, JR. Symposium: Health and Safety on the Dairy Farm. Johne's Disease and Milk: Do Consumers Need to Worry. J Dairy Sci, 83:1659-1663, 2000.

Fact Sheets

• Bovine Herd Salmonellosis
• Introduction to the NYSCHAP Salmonella Module
• Multi-drug Resistant Salmonella dublin in Cattle
• NYSCHAP Salmonellosis Module
• Outbreak Investigation and Monitoring by Diagnostic methods
• Recommendations for Control in Dairy Calf and Heifer Raising Operations
• Salmonellosis Critical Control Points
• Usefulness of Vaccination and Vaccines for Control of Salmonellosis

Forms

• NYS Modified Risk Scores
• NYSCHAP Salmonella Risk Assessment
• Salmonella Outbreak Epidemiology Questionnaire

Basics

• Basic Biosecurity for Sheep and Goat Operations
• Best Management Practices for Pasture Parasite Management
• Common Diseases and Health Problems in Sheep and Goats, Purdue Extension Article

2009 and 2011 National Animal Health Monitoring Survey (NAHMS)

• Sheep NAHMS - Biosecurity
• Sheep NAHMS - Diseases
• Goat NAHMS - Biosecurity
• Goat NAHMS - Diseases
• Meat Goat NAHMS

Forms

Please contact NYSCHAP coordinator for information on enrollment and farm review forms.

• NYSSGHAP Johne’s Risk Assessment (Word)
• NYSSGHAP Parasite Management Risk Assessment (Word)
• Ontario Flock Biosecurity Assessment
• Ontario Flock Health Summary Report
• Ontario Flock Productivity Data Entry Form

Common Diseases and Fact Sheets

• Abortion
• Caprine Arthritis and Encephalitis (CAE)
• Caseous Lymphadenitis (CL)
• Clostridial Diseases
• Contagious Agalactia
• Copper Toxicity
• Foot Rot
• Foot & Mouth Disease
• Schmallenberg Virus
• Johne’s Disease
• Listeriosis
• Mastitis
• Nutritional
• Ovine Progressive Pneumonia (OPP)
• Goat Dewormer Chart
• Soremouth
• Zoonotic Diseases

Scrapie Program

• Scrapie Fact Sheet
• USDA Scrapie Program

• Animal Health Considerations
• Basic Nutrition for Dairy Farms
• Best Management Practices for Farm Personnel and Visitors
• Foot and Mouth Disease
• Multi-drug Resistant Salmonella dublin in Cattle
• Transition Cow Benchmarks
• Transition Cow Resource List