Program

Sunday, January 25
7:00 am - 12 noon	Board of Directors Meeting
Pre-Conference Symposium: Managing and Monitoring the Environment for Milk Quality
This symposium will examine environmental factors that contribute to the production of quality milk. This session will first look at three aspects of herd management that contribute to milk quality - stall design and comfort; the effect of stocking densities on cow health; and environmental management, specifically focusing on ventilation. The session will conclude with a focus on management techniques incorporating newer technologies. The goal of the session is to broaden the vision regarding the production of quality milk and help participants to incorporate the facts presented in this session into their evaluation and review process.
1:00 pm	Welcome and Introduction Pat Gorden, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
1:05 pm	The Influence of Free Stalls - Measurements of Success Nigel Cook, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1:40 pm	Effects of Cow Comfort on Milk Quality, Productivity and Behavior Peter Krawczel, W.H. Miner Institute and University of Vermont, Chazy, NY and Burlington, VT
2:15 pm	Changes in Housing Environment in Low Profile Cross Ventilated Buildings Joe Harner, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
2:50 pm	Questions and Answers
3:00	Break
3:30 pm	New Technologies for On-Farm Milk Quality Jeff Reneau, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
4:15 pm	Methods for and Interpretation of Bulk Tank Milk Cultures and Udder Hygiene Tests for Diagnosing High Bacteria Counts in Farm Milk Doug Reinemann, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
5:00 pm	Questions and Answers
5:15 pm	Adjourn
Short Course (limited enrollment; pre-registration required)
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Course 1: Monitoring Udder Health Intervention with PCDART Tools
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Course 2: Milking System Evaluation - Where Do I Start?
Monday, January 26
Technology Transfer Session (poster presentations) Posters available for viewing from noon on. Authors available from 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm and/or 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm.
Committee and Board of Directors Meetings
7:00 am - 8:00 am	Committee Chairs Breakfast Meeting
8:00 am - 8:30 am	Newcomers Coffee - An informal get-together for individuals new to NMC. Learn more about the NMC and how its committees function. (Includes coffee & donuts.)
8:30 am - 10:30 am	DQA Technical Review Subcommittee
8:30 am - 10:30 am	International Advisory Committee
8:30 am - 10:30 am	Membership & Marketing Committee
8:30 am - 10:30 am	Teat Health Committee
10:30 am - 12:30 pm	Education Committee
10:30 am - 12:30 pm	Machine Milking Committee
10:30 am - 12:30 pm	Milk Quality Monitoring Committee
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm	Research Committee
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm	Long Range Planning Committee
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm	Residue Avoidance Committee
4:00 pm - 6:30 pm	Board of Directors Meeting
Student "Meet and Greet" Lunch 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Students at the annual meeting are invited to a "meet and greet" lunch. This informal event offers a great opportunity to meet other students as well as some members of the NMC board and committees.
Short Courses (limited enrollment; pre-registration required)
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Course 3: Estimating the Costs of Mastitis and the Benefits of Control
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Course 4: Contagious Mastitis: Attacking an Old Foe with New Knowledge
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Course 5: Using Bacterial Count Data to Investigate Herd Problems: A Case-Based Approach
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Course 6: Milk Microbiology in the 21st Century - When to Use New Laboratory Techniques to Solve Milk Quality Problems.
Tuesday, January 27
Continental Breakfast 7:00 am - 8:00 am
Technology Transfer Session (poster presentations). Posters available for viewing all day. Authors available from 7:30 am - 8:30 am and/or 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm.
Opening Session and Keynote Address
9:00 am	Welcome and Introduction to Program Norm Schuring, GEA WestfaliaSurge, Naperville, IL
9:05 am	President's Address Larry Fox, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Session I: What's Happening with Milk Quality
This session considers milk quality from the purchaser's view, in the keynote, with a unique international dimension from the International Dairy Federation and the World Dairy Summit. The more technical aspects of technology and what is happening on the dairy farm will be reported. A broader look is taken on why cell count in many countries, those who were the greatest proponents on lowering cell count, is slowly increasing and then motivation from a developing dairy industry to balance control of quality with the need for much more milk and to sustain the rural economy.
9:20 am	Keynote Address: What the Processor Wants in Milk Quality and Why Jim Begg, Dairy UK, London, United Kingdom
10:00 am	Break
10:30 am	Complacency With Quality Brian Pocknee, The Dairy Group, Taunton, United Kingdom
10:50 am	Techniques and Technologies to Measure Milk Quality Greg Keefe, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada
11:10 am	How We Are Getting There on the Farm Larry Seamans, Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers, Chase City, VA
11:30 am	Brazil - From Nowhere to Somewhere Eric Hillerton, DairyNZ, Hamilton, New Zealand
11:50 am	Questions and Answers
12:00 pm	Adjourn
Luncheon and Business Meeting; NDQA Award Presentations
12:05 pm - 1:30 pm
Session II: Bridging the Great Divide: Understanding Consumer Perceptions (split session)
Today's consumers wield enormous market power. Their perceptions of food quality and safety - and their demands - influence the dairy market, product choices and even on-farm practices. This session offers several perspectives on consumers' views and reactions. Expand your understanding of the role of consumers, retailers and the news media in your market - as well as the importance of the industry's response.
2:00 pm	An Educated Consumer on Quality or a Disconnected One? Michael Stammer, Dairy Management Inc. (DMI), Rosemont, IL
2:30 pm	Milk Quality Needs From a Retailer's Perspective speaker to be announced
3:00 pm	Organic Milk Quality - Producer and Consumer Viewpoints Linda Tikofsky, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
3:30 pm	Break
4:00 pm	Through the Eyes of the News Media Hear firsthand from reporters on how they would cover a story involving an incident of dangerous food quality or safety involving milk. Each panel member will tell what their consumer audiences would want to know and offer advice for dairy producers and others in the industry on responding to a journalist's call. The session will include time for questions and answers. Panel members: Kristen Miranda, WBTV News, Charlotte, NC Patrick Scott, The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, NC Stacey Simms, NewsTalk 1110 WBT, Charlotte, NC
4:45 pm	Driven by Quality: Straight Talk from Producers Dairy producers share their perspectives on why producing quality milk is important for the survival of their dairy, their markets and the industry. Each panel member will also tell how his dairy achieves quality milk. The session will include time for questions and answers. Panel members: Barry Myers, Myers Farms, Inc., Union Grove, NC Ben Shelton, Rocky Creek Dairy & Rocky Creek Veterinary Services, Olin, NC Zach Myers, Myers Dairy, Inc., Jonesville, NC
5:30 pm	Adjourn
Session III: Research and Development Summaries Session (concurrent session) 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Oral presentation of selected posters from the Technology Transfer Session. This session runs concurrently with the General Session. The format is a 12 minute presentation with a 3 minute question and answer period for each paper.
2:00 pm	Probability Distribution for the Causal Pathogen of Clinical Mastitis Cases Wilma Steeneveld, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2:15 pm	The National Cohort of Dairy Farms - A Research Platform for Mastitis Management, Planning and Control in Canada Kristen Reyher, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada
2:30 pm	Relationship Between Coagulase Negative Staphylococcal Species, Milk Somatic Cell Count, and Duration of Intramammary Infection Jeanette Perry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
2:45 pm	Performance of the Direct Cell Counter on Ovine Milk Samples Carlo Spanu, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI
3:00 pm	Evaluation of Bulk Tank Goat Milk Quality in California Carol Collar, University of California Cooperative Extension, Hanford, CA
3:15 pm	Coliform Mastitis Outbreak Associated with Extended Pirlimycin-based Intramammary Therapy Marcos Munoz, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
3:30 pm	Break
4:00 pm	Preliminary Laboratory Evaluation of The Easy Culture System II Tri-plate and the 3M Petrifilm Staph Express Plate Using Clinical Mastitis Samples Jennifer McCarron, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada
4:15 pm	On-Farm Culture: Characteristics Of The Test Martin Pol, Lactodiagnostico Sur, Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
4:30 pm	On-Farm Culture and Guided Treatment Protocols Ana C. O. Rodrigues, ESALQ-USP, Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
4:45 pm	Effect of the Selective Treatment of Clinical Mastitis Based in On-Farm Culture Results on Clinical Mastitis Recurrence, Somatic Cell Count, Milk Production and Culling Alfonso Lago, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
5:00 pm	Adjourn R&D Summaries Session
Technology Transfer Session (poster presentations) Posters available for viewing all day. Authors available from 7:30 am - 8:30 am and/or 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm.
Reception 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Wednesday, January 28
Continental Breakfast 7:00 am - 8:00 am
Session IV: Opportunities and Challenges to Immune Competence
The ability of the dairy cow's immune system to suppress or kill invading mastitis pathogens is essential to her success as a production animal and even her survival. In this session we focus on the "immunocompetence" of this key defense mechanism of the cow, as it does not always get the attention it deserves in maintaining udder health. We now recognize a number of nutritional, disease, genetic, management and environmental conditions that can lead to measurable immunosuppression, and thus the immune system underperforms and infection is more likely and/or more severe. In this session we will explore how to help assure cows are more immunocompetent, to achieve our goal of producing quality milk.
8:30 am	New Horizons for Boosting Immunocompetence Gina Pighetti, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
9:00 am	Immune Suppression in Cattle: Contributors and Consequences Marcus Kehrli, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Ames, IA
9:30 am	Minimizing the Effects of Immunosuppression Through Management and Nutrition Robert Corbett, Dairy Health Consultation, Spring City, UT
10:00 am	Break
Session V: Managing the Milking Parlor for Optimal Performance and Data Management
The milking parlor is becoming the central data collection center and processing center of a modern dairy operation. This session will provide an overview of state-of-the technologies in data management in the milking parlor. Our presenters will give you a practical update on tools for animal identification, milking machine performance, milking employee performance and milk quality control.
10:30 am	Present Status and Future Developments in Electronic Animal Identification, Premise Registration and Traceability Kevin Kirk, Michigan Department of Agriculture, Lansing, MI
10:50 am	Milking Management Systems: Your Computer Can Tell You About More than Just Reproduction Dick Wallace, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
11:10 am	State-of-the-Art Quality Control of Farm Milk Mark Wustenberg, Tillamook County Creamery Association, Bay City, OR
11:30 am	Questions and Answers
11:45 am	Adjourn Meeting