Daily schedule and program details can be viewed in the attached brochure. Online registration is now open at https://apps.vetmed.wisc.edu/cereg; see the brochure for registration by phone or fax. Up to 16.2 veterinary continuing education credits are available for this program from the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine.
Thursday, February 4: Improving Calf Barn Air Quality through Positive Pressure Tube Systems and Barn Design
As many dairies move away from hutches and into calf barns, positive pressure tube ventilation (PPTV) systems have emerged as a basic tool to improve air quality in calf barns. Dr. Ken Nordlund will present on building design and management to minimize respiratory disease in calves, deficits of common ventilation systems in calf barns, and principles of positive pressure
tube systems.
Dr. Rebecca Brotzman and the Dairyland Initiative staff will lead participants through hands-on exercises to learn how to use the Positive Pressure Tube Calculator to create specifications for example barns. Participants will leave this workshop with field-ready skills to improve respiratory health in calf barns, and will be listed on the Dairyland Initiative website as trained consultants in positive pressure tube design. Following the workshop, trainees will have the opportunity to become a Dairyland Initiative Certified Consultant in PPTV design for youngstock
housing.*
Friday, February 5: Positive Pressure Tube Design for Ventilation and Heat Abatement of Milking Center Holding Areas
It is common practice to combine moving air and soaking for effective heat abatement, yet holding areas remain the hottest spot on the dairy. Drs. Ken Nordlund and Nigel Cook will present problems in holding area cooling, and how positive pressure tube systems provide a lower energy, effective solution for heat abatement.
Participants will learn how to use the Dairyland Initiative's Positive Pressure Tube Calculator with hands-on help from Dr. Rebecca Brotzman and the Dairyland Initiative staff to assist in learning the program through design examples. Following the workshop, participants will be listed on the Dairyland Initiative website as trained consultants in positive pressure tube design for holding area heat abatement.*
*Thursday's and Friday's workshop participants must bring a computer that can run an Excel spreadsheet.
Brochure.
Program questions may be directed to:
Courtney Halbach
Associate Outreach Specialist
The Dairyland Initiative
608-262-6800
courtney.halbach@wisc.edu
Registration, transportation & accommodation questions may be directed to:
Karl Olson
Continuing Education Program Assistant
School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin
608-265-5206
karl.olson@wisc.edu
12.11.2015