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The Importance of Fiber in Feeding Dairy Cattle
The reduction in roughage content of the ration, as a result of high-grain, is closely related to changes in milk fat test and has been associated with metabolic problems, such as acidosis, hoof problems, displ...
Author: Barney Harris, Jr, Retired Professor, Dairy Science Department, Cooperative Extension Service,...
Publication date: 07/16/2009    Rating:    Views: 349

Infections in Rumiants: Anaplasmosis
Anaplasmosis is a vector-borne infectious, hemolytic, rickettsial disease of cattle, sheep, goats, and other wild ruminants. In Cattle the most common etiological agent is Anaplasma marginale, while cattle also...
Author: Gerald L. Stokka, DVM, MS, Extension Beef Cattle Veterinarian; Robin Falkner, DVM; Jeremy Van ...
Publication date: 07/15/2009    Rating:    Views: 217

EVALUATION OF BIOLOGICAL TREATMENTS FOR AGRICULTURAL BY-PRODUCTS IN RUMINANTS FEEDING. III- GROWTH OF LAMBS
*Animal Production Dept., Fac. of Agric., Al-Mansourah University, Egypt;  ** Animal Production Dept., Fac. of Agric., Zagazig University, Egypt; and***By-Products Utilization Res. Dept., Animal Production...
Author: Abdelhamid*, A.M.; S. M. Bassuny**, A. A. Abd El-Aziz*** and M. Y. S. A. Ibrahim***
Publication date: 07/10/2009    Rating:    Views: 237

Lactoferrin supplemen­tation for calves
Lactoferrin is a glycoprotein present in milk and secretions of mucous membranes such as saliva, tears, hepatic bile and pancreatic fluids (Steijns and van Hooijdonk, 2000).Lactoferrin is isolated from the milk...
Author: Mascha Abrahamsen and Johan Lemmen; Feed Mix magazine Volume 17. No. 3
Publication date: 07/02/2009    Rating:    Views: 305

Balanced Ration for Dairy Animals
Pakistan is at number 4th among the top milk producing countries of the world, with an annual milk production of over 33 billion liters. The milk produced within the Pakistan is due to increased number of anima...
Author: Dr. Aamir Sharif Cheema, Veterinary Officer (Health) Incharge Governmnet Disease Disagnostic L...
Publication date: 07/02/2009    Rating:    Views: 778

Feeding for Milk Components and Profit
Nutrition of the dairy cow affects the yield and proportion of milk components. Through the diet, the mammary gland is supplied with blood components to synthesize milk. Non-nutritional factors such as heredity...
Author: J. W. Schroeder; NDSU Extension Service, North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Appl...
Publication date: 07/02/2009    Rating:    Views: 379

Calves are what they eat
Your treatment of calves from the first hour of their life to the first six to eight weeks could impact their future milk producing ability. The data we’re generating at Cornell and evaluating from other ...
Author: Mike Van Amburgh, Emiliano Raffrenato and Bob Everett; Northeast DairyBusiness PRO-DAIRY
Publication date: 07/01/2009    Rating:    Views: 122

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED AND CLONED ANIMALS
Biomedicine is the application of the principles of the natural sciences, especially biochemistry, molecular biology, and microbiology, to human and veterinary clinical medicine. The field of biomedicine offers...
Author: Bill Pohlmeier and Alison Van Eenennaamp, Department of Animal Science, University of Californ...
Publication date: 07/01/2009    Rating:    Views: 802

The facts about Antibiogram
What is an antibiogram? An antibiogram is a laboratory test used to determine the sensitivity pattern of a given microorganism to a range of antibiotics. The advantages of antibiogram use and the techniques in...
Author: Dr Yonatan Segal
Publication date: 06/29/2009    Rating:    Views: 469

Environmental Streptococcal and Coliform Mastitis
Well managed dairy herds with low somatic cell counts (SCC below 200-300,000) often may experience problems with onsets of clinical mastitis. Approximately 40-45% of the mastitis cases in low SCC herds are caus...
Author: G.M. Jones, Professor of Dairy Science and Extension Dairy Scientist, Milk Quality & Milking M...
Publication date: 06/26/2009    Rating:    Views: 90