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  • DAIRYLAND LABORATORIES INC. PURCHASES FEED ANALYSIS LABORATORY FROM WAYPOINT ANALYTICAL
    3-3-2023

    Dairyland Laboratories announces that it has purchased the feed laboratory from Waypoint Analytical in Leola, PA. Waypoint will continue to provide other services at the Leola, PA location.
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  • DAIRYLAND LABORATORIES INC. PURCHASES FEED AND FORAGE TESTING SERVICES FROM DHIA LABORATORIES
    4-25-2022

    Dairyland Laboratories announces that it has purchased feed and forage testing services from DHIA Laboratories in Sauk Centre, MN. DHIA Laboratories will continue to provide milk and testing independe...
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  • DAIRYLAND LABORATORIES INC. AND NORTHWEST LABS LLC COLLABORATE ON FEED AND FORAGE TESTING AT JEROME, ID LOCATION
    5-14-2019

    Dairyland Laboratories Inc. is excited to announce our new collaboration with Northwest Labs, LLC, to provide feed and forage testing services from Northwest Lab’s Jerome, Idaho location. Northwest La...
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DCAD

DCAD calculations from Dairyland Laboratories, Inc. are based on work presented by Shire and Beede at the 2013 Southwest Dairy Nutrition and Management Conference. Shire and Beede concluded: “Based on all of the available information the four-element equation seems most acceptable.”

Per Shire and Beede:

  • DCAD = (Na+ + K+ )  - (Cl-+ S2-)

  • Target range for close up groups is -10mEq/100g

  • +30 mEg/100g appears adequate for early to mid-lactation cows

Many other DCAD calculations are available which include as few as three or as many as seven elements: Na+ , K+ , Mg+ , Ca2+ , Cl-, S2-, P3-.  

For a more thorough discussion on their conclusions please see “DCAD Revisited, SWNMC 2013” and "Influence of DCAD on Lactation Performance PSDCNW 2013."  

 

 

For more information call Dairyland Laboratories, Inc. at 608-323-2123 or contact us here.