Dairy Cattle Technical Articles
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 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
Dairy cows are provided high allocations of grain following calving to meet high energy demands for milk production. However, increased grain consumption increases the flow of fermentabl...
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...
Article published the August 23, 2021:
INTRODUCTION
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) is a tropical forage species widely used in ruminant nutrition. Sorghum is considered the best option in arid and semi-arid regions worldwide. Sorghum is a ty...
Article published the July 29, 2021:
Article published the July 12, 2021:
Introduction
Coccidiosis is an infectious disease of the intestinal tract of wild and domestic animals caused by different protozoa. These include but are not limited to Isospora, Neospora, Cryptosporidium, an...
Article published the June 25, 2021:
Introduction
A wide range of in vitro and in situ techniques are used as alternatives to in vivo measurement of ruminal fiber availability. Fiber digestibility and forage fragility are critical factors shoul...