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The ADSA® Foundation is pleased to announce that after untold hours of work by a dedicated group of 171 chapter authors, 18 section editors, and 73 external reviewers, under the leadership of Dr. David Beede, the third edition of Large Dairy Herd Management (e-book) is available for purchase. This edition was developed to help meet the growing information needs of dairy farmers, service professionals, and students worldwide. It brings peer-reviewed dairy science and management information to users in an accessible, easy-to-use format. The e-book includes 97 chapters in 15 sections. The sections and section editors are listed below.
The book is available for purchase at student and professional (member and nonmember) rates exclusively from ADSA. This third edition is fully updated and includes numerous color figures, video, and separate metric and imperial versions.
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Editor-in-chief
David K. Beede
Section Editors
Building Sustainability and Capacity
David K. Beede
Large Herd Systems
Steven P. Washburn
Facilities and Environment
Joseph Zulovich and Joseph Harner
Milk Markets and Marketing
Normand St-Pierre
Genetic Selection Programs and Breeding Strategies
Kent Weigel
Calves and Replacements
Robert James
Reproduction and Reproductive Management
William Thatcher
Nutrition and Nutritional Management
Richard Grant and Heather Dann
Lactation and Milking Systems
Rupert Bruckmaier
Mastitis and Milk Quality
Joseph Hogan
Animal and Herd Welfare
Trevor DeVries
Herd Health
Carlos Risco
Business, Economic Analysis, and Decision-Making
Albert De Vries
Effectively Managing Farm Employees
Stanley Moore and Philip Durst
Precision Management Technologies
Jeffrey Bewley
Authors
Mike Akers
R. P. Amann
Dennis Armstrong
Alex Bach
David Barbano
David K. Beede
Don Bennink
Donagh Berry
Jeffrey M. Bewley
Rodrigo Bicalho
Brenda Boetel
Matthew Borchers
Barry Bradford
Andre Brito
Rupert Bruckmaier
Victor Cabrera
A. J. Carpenter
Kay Carson
David Casper
Hugh Chester-Jones
David Christensen
Rebecca Cockrum
Hans Coetzee
Mathew Cohen
John B. Cole
Robert Collier
Victor Cortese
Geoffrey Dahl
Cynthia Daley
Joe Dalton
Heather M. Dann
Barbara Dartt
Albert De Vries
Chad Dechow
Mel DeJarnette
Brian Dela Rue
Trevor DeVries
Kevin C. Dhuyvetter
Karmella Dolecheck
Danny Donaghy
Philip T. Durst
Steve Eicker
Marcia Endres
Jorge Estrada
Gonzalo Ferreira
John Fetrow
Lawrence K. Fox
David Fraser
Paul Fricke
Julio Giordano
Sandra Godden
Jesse Goff
Richard J. Grant
Ted Halbach
Les Hansen
Peter Hansen
Joseph P. Harner
Kevin Harvatine
Brad Heins
Torsten Hemme
Laura Hernandez
Eric Hillerton
Pat Hoffman
Joseph S. Hogan
Henk Hogeveen
Brendan Horan
Heather Huson
M. F. Hutjens
Julie Huzzey
Robert James
Gordon A. Jones
David W. Kammel
Claudia Kamphuis
K. L. Kerrisk
Quirine Ketterings
M. A. Khan
Dana M. Kirk
Mark Kirkpatrick
Katharine F. Knowlton
Richard K. Koelsch
Paul Kononoff
Katie Koralesky
Limin Kung Jr.
Jonathan Lamb
Stephen LeBlanc
Amanda Lee
B. Leno
N. A. Lyons
Vinicius Machado
Christian Maltecca
Sabine Mann
Bengt-Göran Mårtensson
Joseph G. Martin III
Jessica McArt
Maris McCarthy
Scott McDougall
Dan McFarland
John Middleton
E. K. Miller-Cushon
Robert Milligan
Frank M. Mitloehner
Stanley J. Moore
Sam Mosley
Richard Muck
Keena Mullen
Steve Nickerson
Daryl Nydam
Tom Oelberg
Garret Oetzel
Steve Oliver
Jerry Olson
Nicole Olynk Widmar
Melissa O’Rourke
Mike Overton
Tom Overton
Kristen Parker Gaddis
Francisco Peñagaricano
Christina Petersson-Wolfe
Olaf Pichler
Pablo Pinedo
Katy Proudfoot
J. R. Pursley
Owen Rae
Partha P. Ray
Doug Reinemann
Robert Rew
Carlos A. Risco
John Roche
Jack Rodenburg
Al Rotz
Pam Ruegg
R. G. Saacke
José Santos
Roberto Sartori
Daniel Schaefer
Jan Shearer
Geof Smith
Daniel Snow
Kathy Soder
L. M. Sordillo
Ulrike Sorge
Felix Soriano
Diane Spurlock
Charles Staples
Nicole Steele
Mark W. Stephenson
Amanda Stone
Bill Stone
Normand R. St-Pierre
Turner Swartz
R. J. Tempelman
William W. Thatcher
Greg Thoma
Cameron Thraen
Carissa Truman
John T. Tyson
Mike Van Amburgh
Mariska van der Voort
Felix J. S. van Soest
Michael VandeHaar
John VanSickle
K. D. Vogel
Jennifer Walker
Steven P. Washburn
Michel Wattiaux
Kent A. Weigel
Bill Weiss
Lance Whitlock
Milo Wiltbank
Christopher Wolf
Geoffrey Zanton
Joseph M. Zulovich
External Reviewers
Amber Adams-Progar
John Bernard
Elizabeth Berry
Ashenafi Beyi
Jennifer Blazek
Jack Britt
J. Bromfield
Micheal Brouk
Ray Bucklin
Ron Butler
Larry Chase
Ricardo Chebel
Michael Cockram
Charles Contreras
Thomas Craig
Alfredo DiCostanza
Marc Drillich
Alen Dzidic
Tom Earleywine
Maurice Eastridge
Charlie Elrod
Fernanda Ferreira
Klibs Galvao
Sasha Hafner
Harald Hammon
Bob Harmon
Joe Harrison
Hugh Jones
Karun Kaniyamattam
John Kastelic
Ermias Kebreab
Sylvia Kehoe
David Kelton
Al Kertz
Joanne Knapp
Peter Krawczel
Teng Lim
Adam Lock
Matt Lucy
K. Macmillan
Lauren Mayo
Jorge Noricumbo
Andy Novakovic
Pompamol Pattamanont
Carl Oskar Paulrud
Greg Perry
Tom Phillips
Keith Poulsen
Morten Rasmussen
Corey Risch
Pablo Ross
Chris Rossiter
Steven Rust
Ian Sawyer
Charles Schwab
George Seidel
Randy Shaver
K. Smith
Marc Smith
Charlie Sniffen
Fernando Soberon
Mike Socha
Kerst Stelwagen
Jeff Stevenson
Mairi Stewart
Everett Thomas
Elsa Vasseur
Aurora Villarroel
Sarah Wagner
Susanne Waiblinger
Milo Wiltbank
David Wolfenson
Steven Zinn