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 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
Preservation of alfalfa as silage is becoming convenient due to the ease of mechanization and reduced susceptibility to weather damage (Khadem et al. 2009). Calberry et al. (2003); Bhandari et al....
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 26, 2021:
1. Introduction
In commercial dairy and beef production, a range of stresses are responsible for economic losses associated with the decreased productive and reproductive performance of cows. It has been shown...
Article published the July 16, 2021: