Dairyside Veterinary Service

06/03/2025

Here is an exciting opportunity to help with surveillance and get educated on our tick populations and what they may be carrying. Please consider volunteering your animals and their ectoparasitic friends for this study!!!

06/01/2025

06/01/2025

It's here, it is here! is finally here!! Celebrate dairy with a fresh cold glass of milk, extra cheese on your pizza, or a frozen dairy treat!!! Don't forget to thank all of the farmers, milk truck drivers, processors, veterinarians, nutritionists, feed mills and other industry professionals working hard to keep milk flowing throughout our community!

05/03/2025

Many beef consumers still think wild west, ranches and ranges when they think about beef, but Pennsylvania leads the way in beef production in the Northeast! Hats off to the Eastern cowboys and cowgirls! 🤠

May is !

We’re tipping our hats to the dedicated beef farmers and meat producers who work hard every day to nourish our families and power our communities. Your efforts don’t go unnoticed—thank you for everything you do!

Did you know? Pennsylvania is home to more than 11,800 beef cattle farms and over 200,000 beef cattle.

PA Beef Council

03/01/2025

March Madness is here! Babies, babies, babies!!! It was a brutal week for the veterinarians at Dairyside Veterinary Service but look at all the cuteness!

02/12/2025

Please share share share!!! We are planning on dropping in throughout the day as well to assist you in your planning! This meeting was brought to you as a special request from our clinic, so please take advantage of the easiest way to get your biosecurity plan done! Thank you Penn State Extension!

02/11/2025

As mentioned at the Beef Wellness Workshop

02/08/2025

National Milk Testing Stategy.

Admittedly our PA dairy industry had a lot of anxiety surrounding the November 2024 Quarantine Order mandating the testing of milk at the processor level of PA dairy farms. This week, PA has reached stage 4 status (within the national USDA program) and is officially an "Unaffected State". This post celebrates the proactiveness of our Dept of Ag in monitoring for HPAI in our dairy herds, but is not meant to encourage people to let the guard down. This testing strategy will remain critically important over the next few months as the avian influenza outbreak of 2025 ramps up in our domestic poultry operations and wild bird population.

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/livestock/nmts

02/06/2025

***Important Avian Influenza Updates***

1. Avian Influenza (HPAI) is in Pennsylvania in our wild and domestic bird populations, this is not the same strain as in the dairy cattle.

2. Sampling of wild birds suggests that it is widespread throughout our state. If you see a sick wild bird, please contact PGC at the following hotline 1-833-PGC-WILD

3. A new strain of Avian Influenza has infected cattle in Nevada, demonstrating that transfer from wild birds to cattle is still a threat. To learn more read: https://www.bovinevetonline.com/news/industry/second-bird-flu-strain-found-u-s-dairy-cattle-usda-s

4. NOW is the time to prepare and implement your biosecurity programs. Center for Dairy Excellence is providing everything you need to become as biosecure as possible. If you need help writing your biosecurity plan please reach out to us or SAVE THE DATE for a PSU Extension Workshop coming to you Feb 25th in New Enterprise area. Details will be announced here when available.
https://extension.psu.edu/creating-a-dairy-biosecurity-plan-for-hpai

01/22/2025

Just a reminder to get your RSVPs in!

01/20/2025

Attention Beef Producers!!! Don't miss this free opportunity to learn more about principles and actions that can protect your herd from loss and disease. Register now! Dr. Jenn will be attending the February 12th workshop in State College if you care to join.

https://www.pa-bqa.org/events/intensive-biosecurity-workshop

01/07/2025

It's always a good day when a uterine torsion ends in a live heifer calf and a momma cow that starts eating as soon as the calving is over! Mom will get pain meds and electrolytes, baby will get her navel dipped, colostrum, supplemental antibodies and vitamins. Welcome to a Wintery Wonderland little one!