Dairy Cattle Technical Articles
Article published the September 4, 2018:
Introduction
Consumption of saturated fatty acids in milk and meat from ruminants is associated with an increased incidence of coronary heart disease in human beings (Menotti et al.,1999). The fat from r...
Article published the September 4, 2018:
Introduction
Past research in dairy cattle nutritional management has focused almost exclusively on the nutritive aspects of the diet, resulting in many discoveries and improvements in dairy cow health and pro...
Article published the August 30, 2018:
INTRODUCTION
Greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, moisture and ozone contribute to climate change and global warming by absorbing light energy in visible and infrared region (Lashof...
Article published the August 30, 2018:
1. Introduction
The airways are the major point of entry for many pathogens. Among them, viruses, such as the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza (flu) A and B, parainfluenza (PIV) 1, 2 and 3 and aden...
Article published the August 6, 2018:
Use a blend of plant extracts as dietary antioxidant in animal production
The objective of this article is to provide an introduction on oxidative stress, some concepts and suggestions to improve the effi...
Article published the August 3, 2018:
A cross sectional study was undertaken to determine the prevalence and intensity of parasitic infections in dairy cattle in the high tropics of Colombia. A total of 1003 rectal samples were collected from dairy...
Article published the July 27, 2018:
Introduction
The metabolic cages are used to study the metabolism of feeds in the animal. Metabolic trials are conducted to collect the feces, urine and feeds residue using precisely for analysis nutrients int...
Article published the July 26, 2018:
Mastitis poses the highest economic impact on dairy farms from all diseases. This is due to losses in unrealized milk production, treatment costs, increased risk of culling, and discarded milk production.
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Article published the July 19, 2018:
Objective:
The objective was to compare Ca serum concentration and frequency of severe [Ca < 2.0 mmol/L] and moderate [Ca < 2.125 mmol/L] subclinical hypocalcemia (SCH) in cows supplemented according to...
Article published the July 19, 2018:
Introduction
Most cows undergo some level of hypocalcemia in the immediate postpartum period, with 40 to 70% of multiparous cows developing subclinical hypocalcemia (SCH; Reinhardt et al., 2011; Caixeta et a...