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Culling: Impact of Feeding on Foot Health
Foot health or lameness has moved up to the second most expensive disorder that dairy cattle experience (mastitis is first). English workers reported 60 cases of lameness per 100 cows annually. Wisconsin resear...
Author: Michael F. Hutjens, Professor Animal Sciences, Extension Dairy Specialist - University of Illi...
Publication date: 04/29/2009    Rating:    Views: 433

Omasal Flow of Soluble Amino Acids in Dairy Cows
Protein degradation by ruminal microbes results in the formation of ammonia, and peptides and amino acids (AA) are intermediates in this process. Ammonia that accumulates in excess of microbial requirements is ...
Author: Santiago M. Reynal, Ignacio R. Ipharraguerre, Maximo L. Liñeiro, Andre F. Brito, Glen A. Brode...
Publication date: 04/21/2009    Rating:    Views: 531

Viral & Bacterial Diseases in Beef & Dairy Cattle – Natural Products
Cattle constitute one of the major livestock species and an important economical factor in many countries. The world cattle population is estimated at 1.5 billion animals, more than 1 billion of them in tropica...
Author: Courtesy of Growell India
Publication date: 03/12/2009    Rating:    Views: 720

Therapeutic efficacy of Respowell in sub-clinical Mastitis
In the present field trail apparently healthy cows were included. The history of animals was collected. Initially cows were screened for subclinical mastitis employing California mastitis test. Similarly indivi...
Author: Dr. K R Kalorey - Dept. of Bacteriology, Nagpur Veterinary College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India...
Publication date: 02/13/2009    Rating:    Views: 473

Recent Trends in Mastitis Management
Mastitis continues a major economic issue for dairy farmers, due to improved breeding, the cow's udder become very sensitive to infection due to its increase size, position of udder and rapid removal of large v...
Author: Dr Mukesh Sharma, Asstt. General Manager - Abis Dairy Pvt Ltd, IB Group (India)
Publication date: 01/02/2009    Rating:    Views: 1303

Foot Rot in Grazing Cattle
Foot rot is a subacute or acute necrotic (decaying) infectious disease of cattle, causing swelling and lameness in one or more feet. The disease can become chronic, with a poorer prognosis for recovery if treat...
Author: John G. Kirkpatrick, DVM (Associate professor Medicine and Surgery) and David Lalman, PhD (Ext...
Publication date: 12/24/2008    Rating:    Views: 1432

Understanding Immunity and Vaccination
Dairy herd health involves many factors such as nutrition, housing, environmental conditions, vaccination programs and the introduction of herd replacements. These factors act together to influence the effectiv...
Author: Dr. Terry Whiting, Veterinary Disease Control and Epidemiology, Livestock Knowledge Centre - M...
Publication date: 09/22/2008    Rating:    Views: 1189

Mycotoxins in dairy cows: a menace to cows, farmers and consumers!
The primary objective of dairy farmers is to optimize milk production and remain profitable over the long term. This isn’t simple given the volatility of the feed markets, milk prices, changing con...
Author: Inês Rodrigues, Product Manager (Mycofix® Plus product line) - Biomin GmbH
Publication date: 08/19/2008    Rating:    Views: 3186

Clinical Mastitis Perceptions of Kansas Dairy Producers
Mastitis is considered the most costly disease in the U.S. dairy industry. Treatment of clinical mastitis is the major reason for antibiotic contamination of products on U.S. dairy farms. A survey of 183 dairy ...
Author: J.R. Roberson, Department of Clinical Sciences - Dairy Day newsletter (Report of Progress 919)...
Publication date: 08/07/2008    Rating:    Views: 960

Effect of a New Teat Dip on Somatic Cell Count, Incidence of Mastitis, and Milk Production in a Commercial Dairy
Five hundred and thirty Holstein cows located in a commercial dairy herd near Birdseye, Indiana, were used to evaluate an iodophor (0.50% iodine) teat dip containing a new conditioner. The new teat dip (Dinerin...
Author: J. E. Shirley, W. F. Miller, J. Rottinghaus, and E. C. Titgemeyer - Dairy Day publication, Kan...
Publication date: 07/24/2008    Rating:    Views: 946