Dairy Cattle Technical Articles
Article published the February 23, 2021:
Introduction
Animal-source feedstuffs are generally superior to plant-source ones for the growth and health of livestock, poultry, and fish (Wu 2018). This is due, in part, to the greater quantity of proteinog...
Article published the February 22, 2021:
In recent years, adjustments to the production costs in the dairy industry becomes crucial in light of current circumstances. There has been a continuous reduction in profit margins and increasing instability i...
Article published the February 10, 2021:
Feed mixing and delivery is one of the most important activities on the dairy. Mixing and feeding a total mixed ration (TMR) is a multiple-times-per-day activity. Doing this job accurately and consistently time...
Article published the December 21, 2020:
Article published the December 21, 2020:
Introduction
The rise in milk production has been accompanied by increasing incidence of health problems, declining ability to reproduce and declining the fertility of modern dairy cows. The transition from la...
Article published the October 8, 2020:
THE PHASES OF THE RAISING PROCESS
Under intensive systems, the stage called Calf Rearing lasts approximately up to 60 days (30-60 days) and has three important phases:
1. Pre-ruminant phase - in which...
Article published the September 25, 2020:
Methionine (Met) and choline (Chol) supply in dairy cows continues to be of interest
Historically emphasis on:
Milk protein (Met)
Liver lipid metabolism (Met and Chol)
More recently, i.e. from 1990s t...
Article published the August 27, 2020:
For the last few months, it seems that immunity has been at the forefront of our thought process – not just for the dairy industry but world-wide. While everyone has been focused on staying healthy and ha...
Article published the August 4, 2020:
Article published the July 20, 2020:
Introduction
The transition period into lactation remains one of the most challenging and important phases of the production cycle in a dairy cow. It is a transient period around calving characterised by drast...