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Dr. Jesse Goff from Iowa State University will speak on “Why Cows Become Hypocalcemic and Steps to Reduce Impact" in this one hour long webinar on August 4th.
Since April, the Real Science Lecture Series, by Balchem, has already featured prominent ruminant nutrition experts like Mike Hutjens (University of Illinois), Heather White...
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According to the severity of twisting, it is decided to apply a rolling method or surgical treatment to correct uterine torsion in time, return to the normal anatomical position and ensure calving smoothly. Conservative treatment "Rolling Maternal Method" to correct uterine twist: lay soft grass on the broad flat ground lay down cows, tie the forelimbs and hind limbs with ropes respectively, leaving about 100 cm of rope head. The cows lie on the same side of the uterus twist and pull the...
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Wenli Li (US Dairy Forage Research Center-USDA) shared a study on the impact of early exogenous introduction of microbes into the small intestine of calves, during the 8th Symposium on Gut Health in Production of Food Animals in St. Louis, USA....
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We have Holstein Fresian heifers in advanced pregnancy imported from Australia. In some animal the quarter on left rear side have firm swelling of tissue like firosis . The treatment with ketoprofen and antibiotic respond good.The question is what may the cause of this swelling ? Secondly, should we treat it or wait for parturation of the affected animals? ...
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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 production. Despite many advances this field we are still faced with several challenges associated with feeding dairy cattle. Recent field observations suggest that housing and management can play as large of a role as nutrition in the performance and health of...
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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 rates, milk losses and labor. One relatively new finding in the field of lameness is the non-healing lesions (NHL) such as toe necrosis (Blowey, 1999; Tozzo, 2000) and wall ulcers (Holzhauer, 2008; Cook and Burgi, 2008). These lesions typically are unresponsive or poorly...
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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 interesting alternative to hoofbaths because they address those concerns. • While 1 L/cow disinfecting solution is standard recommendation in a hoofbath treatment, only 50 mL/cow would be required if spraying. • This study evaluated the preventive...
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Erin Horst (Iowa State University) discussed leaky gut in lactating Holstein cows and the consequences of feed restriction, as well as the effect of dietary zinc hydroxychloride, during the 8th Symposium on Gut Health in Production of Food Animals in St. Louis, USA....
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The GIT, or rather the gastrointestinal tract, is the organ of the all organism mostly colonized by the microbial population: it hosts more than 70% of all the microbes of the animal body and forms the gastrointestinal microbiome, consisting of bacteria, yeasts, fungi and viruses. The viruses present,...
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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 cows at 29 farms between May and June 2014 to represent the number of farms, age groups, and size of the 65,000-cow population in the municipality of San Pedro de los Milagros. Coprological techniques were used to detect gastrointestinal nematodes, liver flukes, coccidian oocysts, and...
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Introduction The southern cattle tick Rhipicephalus ( Boophilus ) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) is a persistent vector for infective tick-borne diseases in cattle such as babesiosis and anaplasmosis (Cossio-Bayugar, Miranda, and Holman 2005). The endemic nature of this bovine blood-sucking ectoparasite is considered an obstacle for development of the cattle industry in tropical and subtropical cattle grazing areas world-wide (Nu ez, Mu oz-Cobe as,...
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Introduction From the centuries, herbal medicines are used to treat various diseases and now they had become an entity of global importance, with both medicinal and economic implications (Yadav et al, 2012). People's perception towards herbal medicine has also changed and is very encouraging (Dorai, 2012). Wound is defined simply as the disruption of the cellular and anatomic continuity of a tissue (Bennet,...
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Background Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) is a slow-growing bacterium that causes Johne’s disease, a wasting disease in ruminants and other animals. A common test for Johne’s disease is the serum antibody ELISA test which monitors the humoral immune response of the animal following MAP exposure. However there are well known limitations of this test, for example the sensitivity can be...
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Dear All Hi Kindly share your suggestion that suggested FMD vaccination schedule for dairy animals is two times in a year.but many time observed that animal get clinically affected even after FMD vaccination although after taking all care regarding dosing and cold chain as well.now the question arises that can we suggest to apply vaccine thrise a year or required booster vaccination for the same, where as FMD vaccine provides immunity upto 6 month. Waiting your...
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INTRODUCTION Adequate rest has been positively associated with productivity, health, and welfare of dairy cattle. When access to stalls is restricted, cows prioritize lying down over feeding (Munksgaard et al., 2005), and preventing cows from lying down induces stress (Cooper et al., 2008). As a consequence, measures of lying behavior, such as the daily duration and the frequency and duration of lying bouts, is a measure of cow comfort (Haley et al., 2001; Rushen et al.,...
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Cold weather is not just hard on the people taking care of animals, it can be tough on the animals themselves. Consider respiratory disease (pneumonia) in dairy calves. It’s not just our imagination that cold temperatures often bring with them...
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