Dairy Cattle Technical Articles
Article published the June 8, 2021:
Introduction
The challenge of the contemporary production of agricultural products is intrinsically linked to optimizing processes and production costs. Ensuring thermal comfort, considering that the intense i...
Article published the May 12, 2021:
In a previous article published some years ago here, dealing with cooling project that I accompanied in northern Mexico, I described the results from the first and second years of its implementation. The data w...
Article published the May 7, 2021:
1. Introduction
Goat production in Chile is carried out by poor small-scale farmers in semi-arid to arid agricultural conditions [1]. Milk and cheese are the main products obtained using artisanal, cultural an...
Article published the May 4, 2021:
An increase in the velocity of air, at a temperature lower than the surface temperature of the animal, has the potential to increase the sensible heat loss of the animal. An augmentation in air velocity will sh...
Article published the April 21, 2021:
INTRODUCTION
Raising healthy calves is the foundation for a sustainable and profitable dairy herd. Dam nutrition during the last trimester, calving supervision/assistance, maternity facilities hygiene, umbilic...
Article published the April 21, 2021:
INTRODUCTION
Grazed pasture soils are a potential source of nitrous oxide (N2O) due to elevated inorganic N pools. N2O is the dominant source of microbial denitrification, and under suitable conditions, N2O ma...
Article published the April 20, 2021:
Over the past two decades research in milking management has focused on decreasing the time that units are attached to cows by researching optimal teat stimulation and prep-lag time, pulsation ratios and liner ...
Article published the April 20, 2021:
Objective
The aim of this work was to compare the parameters of an in vitro embryo production program of cows of different breeds in Paraguay.
Materials and methods
A total of 4811 OPU sessions were ...
Article published the April 16, 2021:
Article published the April 9, 2021:
Introduction
Genetic variability of livestock populations is fading. This is due, in part, to genetic improvement programs (FAO, 1998; Gutiérrez and Goyache, 2005). Boichard et al. (1997) mentioned that...