Dairy Cattle Technical Articles
Article published the August 23, 2012:
The success of colostrum feeding to calves is built on four critical components:
Timing - How quickly the calf receives colostrum after birth.
Quantity - How much colostrum the calf receives.
Quality - T...
Article published the August 22, 2012:
Introduction
The purpose of the heifer herd is to provide replacements for cows leaving the herd and to improve genetic progress. First-lactation cows significantly contribute to herd production and profit. A...
Article published the August 15, 2012:
Introduction
Many factors influence the composition of milk, the major components of which are water, fat, protein, lactose and minerals.
Nutrition or dietary influences readily alter fat concentration and m...
Article published the August 14, 2012:
While humans are used to diets that contain concentrated sugar, it might be better if sugar was used in animal feed instead.
Sugar is a concentrated energy food that is not a vital nutrient for humans; but, f...
Article published the August 14, 2012:
Livestock Sector occupies a unique position in the socio-economic development of the country. It also plays important role in the rural economy as supplementing family incomes and generating gainful employment ...
Article published the August 14, 2012:
Rumen microbiology
The rumen is the first stomach of cattle, sheep and goats. All digestion in this organ is carried out by a microbial population which consists of ciliate protozoa, anaerobic bacteria and ana...
Article published the August 14, 2012:
1 Herd Health and Animal Husbandry, UCD School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland2 Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, ...
Article published the August 14, 2012:
Introduction
Water constitutes 60 to 70 percent of a livestock animal's body. Water is necessary for maintaining body fluids and proper ion balance; digesting, absorbing and metabolizing nutrients; eliminatin...
Article published the August 13, 2012:
The use of genomic information in genetic evaluation has brought about revolutionary change in dairy cattle selection. Genomic evaluations increase the accuracy of genetic evaluations and have the potential to ...
Article published the August 9, 2012:
Under ideal conditions, livestock should be fed grains and byproducts that are "clean" (i.e., free of fungi and/or mycotoxins). Although feeding clean grains and byproducts is ideal, there are times when clean ...