Owner`s manual

Additional resources:
Your county agricultural agent, your
local veterinarian
♦ If feed supplies are limited, give the largest portion of available feed
to the highest producing cows and those recently fresh. This may be a
good time to cull the herd.
♦ Clean and sanitize milking parlor, dairy barn and equipment before
returning to normal use.
♦ Watch for signs of mastitis, which is likely to flare up if milking
methods, time and equipment have been changed.
SANITATION
♦ Clean out hog houses, barns and chicken houses. Spray buildings with
a good disinfectant before animals occupy them again. Air buildings
thoroughly to dry them out.
♦ Remove debris from dairy barns. Scrub and disinfect walls, ceilings,
floors, stanchions and other equipment.
♦ Scrub the milk house and equipment with detergent and hot water.
Sanitize equipment, walls, ceilings and floors with dairy sanitizer
equipment.
♦ Dispose of animal carcasses promptly. If there is no rendering
company operating nearby, burn or bury carcasses deeply in a place
approved by your local soil conservation office.
INSECTS
Mosquitoes and other pests may be abundant after a flood. They not only
annoy animals, but some species carry disease. Spray animals with an
insect repellent as recommended by your county agricultural agent.
Information from: University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension, Pennsylvania State University Cooperative Extension Service
University of Wisconsin-Extension • Cooperative Extension