Dairy Cattle Technical Articles
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...
Article published the June 18, 2020:
1. Introduction
Bovine mycotoxicosis is a disorder most commonly caused by the ingestion of fungal toxins (mycotoxins) within feed. Though acute manifestations exist, bovine mycotoxicosis most frequently const...
Article published the June 1, 2020:
1. Introduction
Mycotoxins are secondary fungal metabolites that are harmful to animals and humans [1]. Monogastric animals are considered to be more susceptible to the toxic effects of mycotoxins than ruminan...
Article published the January 8, 2020:
1. Introduction
In the agricultural areas of Venezuela, specifically in Píritu municipality, the main problem in animal nutrition is the energy component of balanced rations, due to the inadequacies of ...
Article published the January 8, 2020:
For the most part, most dairies include at least some supplemental or additive products in their feeding programs. We build diets starting with the forage base, using the best forages we can, and then add diffe...
Article published the December 17, 2019:
Silvopastoral systems
One of the limitations for the efficient production of meat and milk in livestock systems of Venezuela is the scarcity of high-protein forage from plants adapted to the acid soils and pro...
Article published the December 17, 2019:
Author details:
1 School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; 2 Instituto de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Leales, Tucumán, Argentina; 3 Cen...