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Nigel B. Cook MRCVS
University of Wisconsin Madison
School of Veterinary Medicine
Introduction
With the price of copper sulfate escalating to more than $70 per bag, many herds are looking for alternatives to decrease footbath costs. A 90 gallon bath requires 37lbs of copper sulfate (@ $2.80 per lb) which comes to $104 per 200 cow bath, so there are now plenty of other economic options out there for footbath alternatives. However, there seems to be some confusion about what different chemicals are doing, so it is perhaps timely to review our footbath goals.
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This article was written by Kerry Hoffman of New Ulm, MN. It ran in the April 28, 2007 edition of the Dairy Star paper. Kerry and her husband, Steve, live south of New Ulm, MN and milk a well managed herd of holsteins.
For questions, or comments, e-mail Kerry at kahoffman@newulmtel.net.
Steve really dislikes days when the bovine pedicure technician comes to visit the cows. After his last visit, I am not so sure I really enjoyed that particular day either. By the time I was finished helping, I felt exceptionally tired and fairly stupid. In case you don't understand my way of thinking, the bovine pedicure technician is the hoof trimmer Steve.
By the way, both Steve Hoffman and Steve the hoof trimmer think only great people are named Steve...
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