6th Annual PDHGA Conference Proceedings Table of Contents
| Financial and Performance Benchmarks for the Heifer Operation | |
| Normand R. St.-Pierre............................................................................................ | 1 |
| Employee Handbook Basics | |
| David Grusenmeyer................................................................................................ | 9 |
| Change: Understanding It Is Critical to Accomplishing It | |
| Bob Pierpont.......................................................................................................... | 20 |
| Environmental Issues Affecting Calf and Heifer Growers: What Do You Need to Know? | |
| W. J. Powers and K. F. Knowlton.......................................................................... | 30 |
| Composting Large Animal Carcasses | |
| Bill Seekins............................................................................................................. | 47 |
| Feeding Dairy Heifers for Optimal Growth and Mammary Development | |
| Michael J. VandeHaar and Luis F. P. Silva.............................................................. | 55 |
| Pricing Feed Ingredients Based on Their Market Value | |
| Normand St.-Pierre................................................................................................ | 66 |
| Benchmarks for Evaluating Reproductive Management of the Heifer Enterprise | |
| Richard L. Wallace................................................................................................. | 77 |
| Essentials of an Aggressive Vaccination Program | |
| Victor Cortese........................................................................................................ | 83 |
| Economics of a Biosecurity Program | |
| Dr. Mark Gardner................................................................................................... | 89 |
| Preventing and Controlling Heifer Mastitis | |
| S. R Oliver, M. J. Lewis, B. E. Gillespie, and H. H. Dowlen..................................... | 100 |
| Neospora-A Problem in Dairy Heifers? | |
| LeszekJ. Choromanski............................................................................................. | 113 |