Virginia Cooperative ExtensionSteele, NicoleDaubert, Jeremy2018-07-232018-07-232018-05-09http://hdl.handle.net/10919/84276This issue has two articles. The first one discusses the use of molecular technology (polymerase chain reaction) for rapid identification of mastitis pathogens in milk. The second examines the pros and cons of having heifers in herds of dairy cattle.2 pagesapplication/pdfen-USVirginia Cooperative Extension materials are available for public use, re-print, or citation without further permission, provided the use includes credit to the author and to Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, and Virginia State University.Dairy CattleExtension publicationhttps://pubs.ext.vt.edu/content/dam/pubs_ext_vt_edu/DASC/dasc-114/DASC-114.pdfpolymerase chain reactionBovine mastitispathogensHeifers