Dairy Cattle Technical Articles
Article published the September 23, 2021:
Adult lactating cows receive more attention when it comes to the negative effects of heat stress, as compared to heifers. This is because lactating cows need to dissipate more heat, running out of milk producti...
Article published the September 21, 2021:
Introduction
Although several species of parasites are harbored in the gastro intestinal tract of animals only few species are clinically and economically important. Clinically important parasites of farm anim...
Article published the September 20, 2021:
1 Introduction
Milk is one of the foods with a crucial nutritional composition for human health. Among the components of milk, fat has been associated with human diseases for years due to its high saturated fa...
Article published the September 15, 2021:
1. Introduction
The use of tannin in ruminant nutrition is increasing, mainly due to its diverse positive effects in several aspects concerning physiology, metabolism, and animal performance. However, research...
Article published the September 13, 2021:
Introduction
Dairy cows experience massive metabolic demands to support lactation. They adapt their metabolism to do so, including uncoupling of the somatotropic axis (Baumgard et al., 2017) with peripher...
Article published the September 13, 2021:
Global drivers impacting food production and consumption
The agricultural sector is faced with the daunting challenge of producing food for a growing global population, which is expected to reach 8.5 bill...
Article published the September 7, 2021:
Heat stress will cost the global dairy sector an estimated $5 billion a year in 2050 (Wankar et al., 2021).To reduce the costs for both the farmer and animal, a more integrated approach regarding production, ...
Article published the August 30, 2021:
In 2012, we set out to establish a new analytical chemistry platform for the analysis of soil, crop, plant, leaf and insect samples with focus given to insecticides, toxin residuals, phosphates, odors, nutrient...
Article published the August 26, 2021:
Introduction
Supplemental lipids are commonly included in diets for ruminants (Doreau and Ferlay 1994). These lipids are components of feedstuffs or through the addition of specific lipid additives (Lofte...
Article published the August 26, 2021:
Introduction
At birth, the rumen is non-functional, making calves pre-ruminants. By weaning, the rumen is the principal site of volatile fatty acid (VFA) absorption, responsible for over 50% of all VFA&nb...