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Two-pronged approach to reducing calf mortality
Two factors are key to determining a calf's health and survival during the first weeks of life - its immune system and its gut microflora. Research has shown that feeding Alltech's Bio-Mos to the calf's mother ...
Author: Andrieu Sylvie
Publication date: 11/20/2009    Rating:    Views: 7

Cow Longevity
Making sure profitable cows continue to be profitable beyond their second lactation should have a positive economic impact on the net returns of a dairy farm. The rationale behind this statement is that rearing...
Author: Alvaro Garcia;Extension dairy specialist, SDSU Dairy Science Department, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UN...
Publication date: 07/16/2009    Rating:    Views: 527

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: 215

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: 302

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: 465

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: 89

Understanding the Basics of Mastitis
Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, Virginia State University. Mastitis occurs when the udder becomes inflammed because leukocytes are released into the mammary gland in response to invasion of the ...
Author: G.M. Jones, Professor of Dairy Science and Extension Dairy Scientist, Milk Quality & Milking M...
Publication date: 06/26/2009    Rating:    Views: 407

Moldy rice straw poisoning in dairy cattle in Nepal
An Unidentified disease characterized by hypersensitivity, incoordination, a peculiar stiff-legged gait of the hind legs, severe generalized tumors of the skeletal muscles, progressive paresis, paralysis and ...
Author: Dr.Kedar Karki. Dr.Krishna Raj Panday , Dr.Poornima Manandhar, Dr Pragya Koirala, Dr.Salina Ma...
Publication date: 06/24/2009    Rating:    Views: 223

Evaluating Computer-Based Rumen Protein Models
As dairy consultants and managers use computer-based rumen models to fine-tune feeding programs, questions are raised. How effective are these programs? What information do they provide? Do software programs pr...
Author: Michael F. Hutjens and Johan Osorio Estevez - University of Illinois Extension - Illini Dairy ...
Publication date: 05/11/2009    Rating:    Views: 697

Mastitis, its impact on balance sheet of small holder and its control through effective management
Creating awareness about mastitis and its management is really a great service to small scale livestock farmers. Mega dairy projects have their own effective strategy to keep their herd mastitis free while sma...
Author: Hafiz Muhammad Wasi Khan, Consultant - DeLaval Pakistan
Publication date: 05/05/2009    Rating:    Views: 371