Click here for online registration. See the brochure for registration by phone or fax. Up to 24.6 veterinary continuing education credits are available.

Wednesday Sept. 26: Positive Pressure Tube Ventilation Design for Calf Barns
For the last time in-person, Dr. Ken Nordlund and Courtney Halbach will lead participants through hands on
exercises to learn how to use the Positive Pressure Tube Calculator (PPTC) to design positive pressure tube
ventilation (PPTV) systems for calf barns. Participants will leave this workshop with field-ready skills to
improve respiratory health in calf barns. Trainees will be listed on The Dairyland Initiative website as trained
consultants in positive pressure tube design. Following the workshop, trainees will have the opportunity to
become a Dairyland Initiative Certified Consultant in PPTV design for youngstock housing.
Participants must bring a computer that has Microsoft Office installed.

Thur. and Friday, Sept. 27-28: AMS Facility Design
The Dairyland Initiative is excited to host the first independent workshop on how to design adult cow barns
with automatic milking systems (AMS). Dr. Nigel Cook and 4dBarn advisors, the global leaders in AMS facility
design, will walk you through how to create AMS facilities that maximize labor efficiency and optimize cow health. Main points of discussion will include barn layout, gating systems, transition cow housing, stall design, and ventilation.

This interactive, two-day workshop will combine lectures, discussion, and case-based group exercises.
Participants will leave the workshop with the ability to tackle AMS building projects and provide solutions that
maximize animal well-being and performance.

Thanks to the generous support of Saputo Inc., all U.S. dairy producers are eligible for a 20% discount on
registration for the AMS facility design workshop.

Program questions may be directed to:

Courtney Halbach, Associate Outreach Specialist
608-262-6800
courtney.halbach@wisc.edu