Food Animal Production Medicine 

FAPM website

High producing dairy cows are metabolic athletes that are always moving along a fine line between health and crisis. Subtle problems in nutrition, housing, milking systems, and management can create serious herd problems on modern dairy farms. The Food Animal Production Medicine (FAPM) section is focused on interactions between health and nutrition, facilities, and management. The FAPM group is pleased to provide investigative services to dairy herds on a referral from a local veterinarian.

For more information visit the FAPM website.

Highlights of Service

• Dairy Nutrition Evaluation
• Mastitis Problem Investigations
• Calf Disease Problems
• Dairy Herd Reproductive Problems
• WisGraph© DHI Record Reports
• Dairy Herd Production Problems

A food animal production medicine veterinarian prepares to collect samples for testing on location at a herd.

Common Conditions and Procedures

• Subacute ruminal acidosis
• Ketosis and fatty liver
• Laminitis
• Clinical mastitis
• High somatic cell count milk problems
• High Standard Plate Count milk problems
• Hypocalcemia
• Hypokalemia
• Calf mortality
• Calf diarrhea
• Calf pneumonia

Clinicians

Peter Bahnson, DVM, PhD
William Bosu, DVM, PhD
Nigel Cook, BVSc, MRCVS
Dorte Dopfer, DVM
Arturo Gomez, DVM
Sheila McGuirk, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
Harry Momont, DVM, PhD, DACT
Ken Nordlund, DVM, DABVP-Dairy
Garrett Oetzel, DVM, MS
Simon Peek, BVSc, MRCVS, PhD, DACVIM

Service Requests

Telephone consultations with the doctor on telephone duty are available by calling the Large Animal Clinic at 608/263-7600 or 1-800/DVM-VMTH. If a trip to your farm is needed, your local veterinarian should make a referral to the food animal production medicine section by calling the above phone number and a visit will be scheduled.

Go to more information about the FAPM Section and other programs