Dairy Cattle Technical Articles
Article published the November 25, 2019:
Abstract
This paper discusses the definition, methods, advantages and disadvantages of microencapsulation, and identifies the improvements achieved in animal nutrition with the advent of microencapsulation. M...
Article published the November 8, 2019:
Transition – a metabolic challenge
The transition phase is the period of exceptional metabolic challenges. Daily milk yield increases rapidly but DMI does not follow fast enough. Energy balance is negati...
Article published the November 8, 2019:
The objective of raising beef cattle is to obtaining good quality meat in a short period of time. Prerequisite for that is a healthy herd that turns feed into body mass, under optimal growing conditions where a...
Article published the October 30, 2019:
Heat stress is considered one of the most influential factors in the profitability of dairy farms, especially in the hot regions of the world. In the conferences and publications that I have published over the ...
Article published the October 30, 2019:
Heat stress is considered an influential factor in the profitability of dairy farms, especially in the hot regions of the world. In the first part of my article, previous to this, I described how heat stress im...
Article published the October 1, 2019:
Introduction
Economic impact of oxidative stress on the profitability of dairy cows and calves: In the most simplistic terms, the body (humans and animals) could be compared to a medium in which millions of c...
Article published the September 17, 2019:
Research conducted at the US Dairy Forage Research Center in Madison (WI) has shown the potential for improving milk nitrogen (N) efficiency by more than 20 % through balancing amino acids and reducing crude pr...
Article published the September 2, 2019:
Article published the September 2, 2019:
Introduction
Bovine lameness is an important condition in commercial dairy and beef operations worldwide. Its economic impacts include decreased reproductive performance and milk yield and increased culling ra...
Article published the September 2, 2019:
Introduction
• Questions have risen on impact of many hoofbath chemicals on human health and the environment, and also concerns about water usage.
• Topical spray disinfectant solutions are an inter...