Dairy Cattle Technical Articles
Article published the September 15, 2017:
Many dairy cows in the developed world are now housed exclusively indoors with fewer than 5% of the 10 million lactating cows in the United States having access to pasture during the grazing season. Indoor hous...
Article published the September 14, 2017:
Introduction
According to various records and traditions, people living nowadays in Serbia were engaged in cattle breeding even before the arrival to the Balkan Peninsula. The Balkan Peninsula includin...
Article published the September 8, 2017:
Background
Salmonella is a diverse bacterial species comprising over 2600 serotypes [1]. Salmonella commonly colonizes a range of animal hosts such as mammals, amphibians, reptiles, birds and insects [2]. Ther...
Article published the August 31, 2017:
As this is written (Winter, 2012) feed prices continue to hover around historic highs and although milk prices have risen they have not kept pace with the increases in feed costs. Feed costs are usually the lar...
Article published the August 31, 2017:
Introduction
Fertility is the result of so many factors that the definition of Fromageot (1978) is not surprising: reproduction can be considered a “luxury” function. In fact, several exper...
Article published the August 24, 2017:
INTRODUCTION
Lameness is a severe welfare problem in cattle and has a detrimental effect on longevity (Cramer et al., 2009a), productivity (Green et al., 2002), and reproductive performance (Barkema et al., 19...
Article published the August 24, 2017:
Introduction
There is increasing pressure at federal, state and local levels about nutrient waste and pollution relative to N, P, CH4 and CO2 discharges from the animal industry. Large animal ope...
Article published the August 17, 2017:
Cold weather is not just hard on the people taking care of animals, it can be tough on the animals themselves. Consider respiratory disease (pneumonia) in dairy calves. It’s not just our imagination tha...
Article published the August 17, 2017:
When addressing mycotoxin issues the fact that multiple ingredients make up a dairy cattle diet can be viewed both positively and negatively. Multiple feeds dilute the toxins from any given feed, resulting in a...
Article published the August 8, 2017:
Feed flavours are additives that are being increasingly used in animal nutrition as a tool to enhance both the smell and taste of feed, in order to improve feed intake. It is generally observed that a high...