Mid-Maryland Dairy Veterinarians

02/18/2025

Dairy producers, we hope you'll join us at one of five, FREE animal care workshops being held across the state this spring! The workshops will help you boost your skills in key animal welfare areas to meet National FARM compliance. These workshops are for dairy farm owners and their employees. 👉 RSVP today at a location near you: https://buff.ly/4b6o4dW

🔘 Rotate through four training stations throughout the day: 1.) Antibiotic Stewardship and Pain Management 2.) Calf Care and Nutrition 3.) Fitness for Transport and Quality Assurance 4.) Biosecurity
🔘 Send both English and Spanish-speaking employees to the workshops. A Spanish interpreter will be present at each event.
🔘 Enjoy a free lunch and conversations with other dairy farmers.
🔘 Get a certificate at the conclusion of the workshops to show your commitment to National FARM and animal care.
🔘 Get free biosecurity resources and PPE equipment.
🔘 Take advantage of the opportunity to get certified in Calf Care and Quality Assurance (CCQA) or get recertified in Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) if you're interested.
🔘 Join us for an optional tour of a nearby dairy farm at the end of the workshop.

10/28/2023

09/11/2023

Meetings are back!! Save the Date for upcoming MMDV informational meetings.

12/14/2022

Morning heifer shadow.

08/01/2022

We are excited to announce that Ryan Giles, DVM has joined our veterinary team. Ryan Giles grew up in western Pennsylvania near the town of Ebensburg. He attended Penn State University and graduated in 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in Animal Science. After graduation, Ryan moved to Fort Collins, Colorado for a job with Bovine Reproductive Specialists. During his time there, he was trained as an AI and reproductive ultrasound technician, which applied control of ovarian dynamics with use of ultrasound to improve estrous synchronization of dairy herds along the front range.

In 2012, Ryan completed a master’s degree in reproductive physiology at Colorado State University with a main research focus on follicular wave dynamics as it pertained to improving beef cattle estrous synchronization methods. He also aided in research being conducted at the in-vitro fertilization laboratory at CSU.

In May of 2017, Ryan received his DVM from Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine and worked with Ashby Genetics as an embryo transfer practitioner in Harrisonburg, VA for 5 years. He is excited to join the team at Mid Maryland Dairy Vets this summer. His special interests are embryo transfer and improving estrous synchronization protocols. Ryan and his wife Maria have 2 children, Sawyer and Zoey. In their free time, they enjoy camping, fishing for trout and bass, and exploring the mountains.

05/15/2022

ONE MORE MONTH until SCHOLARSHIP applications are due! Don't miss out on two awesome opportunities!

Both the Maryland Dairy Shrine scholarship and the Mid-Maryland Dairy Veterinarians scholarship can be found online:
https://sites.google.com/site/mddairyshrine/applications

04/11/2022

Valuable insight from one of our innovative clients.

01/09/2022

Acute traumatic Proptosed eye in a yearling Holstein heifer. Almost 20 years in practice and this is a first. Suspect an impact injury with no tear or laceration observed. Plus, she was in a pen with a few heifers in heat with high activity. Opted to give hope a chance and popped eye back in with tarsorhaphy (suture eyelids together). Will re-evaluate eye in 2 weeks when we will make a decision on enucleation. Prognosis for return of vision is less than 25%. So we shall see.

09/18/2021

Mid-Maryland Dairy Veterinarians 30th Anniversary Celebration 11-5 today at the Washington County Ag Center. Fun and games. Food trucks. Come down and celebrate.

07/06/2021

Grazing season creates opportunities to interact with non-domesticated animals. This Jersey failed to heed the warning signs and allowed her curiosity to get her in a prickly predicament.