Dairy Cattle Technical Articles
Article published the August 6, 2018:
Use a blend of plant extracts as dietary antioxidant in animal production
The objective of this article is to provide an introduction on oxidative stress, some concepts and suggestions to improve the effi...
Article published the August 3, 2018:
A cross sectional study was undertaken to determine the prevalence and intensity of parasitic infections in dairy cattle in the high tropics of Colombia. A total of 1003 rectal samples were collected from dairy...
Article published the July 27, 2018:
Introduction
The metabolic cages are used to study the metabolism of feeds in the animal. Metabolic trials are conducted to collect the feces, urine and feeds residue using precisely for analysis nutrients int...
Article published the July 26, 2018:
Mastitis poses the highest economic impact on dairy farms from all diseases. This is due to losses in unrealized milk production, treatment costs, increased risk of culling, and discarded milk production.
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Article published the July 19, 2018:
Objective:
The objective was to compare Ca serum concentration and frequency of severe [Ca < 2.0 mmol/L] and moderate [Ca < 2.125 mmol/L] subclinical hypocalcemia (SCH) in cows supplemented according to...
Article published the July 19, 2018:
Introduction
Most cows undergo some level of hypocalcemia in the immediate postpartum period, with 40 to 70% of multiparous cows developing subclinical hypocalcemia (SCH; Reinhardt et al., 2011; Caixeta et a...
Article published the July 19, 2018:
Introduction
Most cows undergo some level of hypocalcemia in the immediate postpartum period, with 40 to 70% of multiparous cows developing subclinical hypocalcemia (SCH; Reinhardt et al., 2011; Caixeta et a...
Article published the July 19, 2018:
Enterococcal bacteria are found in several ecosystems and are useful as a fecal indicator for water quality and models of infection involving core and variable genetics elements that are not fully understood (1...
Article published the July 12, 2018:
Feeding fat and fat products to dairy cows is common on most, if not all, dairies. Understanding how to properly feed fats and fat products is another story and seems to change daily.
This is especially true a...
Article published the July 4, 2018:
Increasing effect on energy efficiency and fertility
In dairy farming, especially with high-producing grass-fed cows, the optimisation of rumen fermentation parameters poses an important challenge. In this con...