Dairy Cattle Technical Articles
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 February 5, 2021:
1. Data
The dataset in this article describes the new water footprint for animal products in fifteen countries of the Middle East and North Africa. Fig. 1 presents the methodology for calculating the local and...
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Article published the January 8, 2021:
Introduction
As any other Latin American country, bovine brucellosis is a significant animal health problem and a relevant zoonosis in Costa Rica (CR). Consequently, the disease is of veterinary and of public ...
Article published the January 7, 2021:
Mycotoxins are naturally occurring compounds produced by fungi growing on plants in the field or during storage. Even though toxigenic molds may grow under a given set of environmental conditions, they do...
Article published the December 28, 2020:
The average level of total B-trichothecenes (1534 μg/kg) was the highest detected in the past five years and according to our risk assessment presents a medium risk to sensitive animals. Levels of ZEA, BZE...
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 December 15, 2020:
Corn from the two 2020 harvests was found to have low to medium levels of five mycotoxins: AFB1, FB1, ZEA, DON and NIV (multiple mycotoxin contamination). The possible synergism, or additive effect of mycotox...