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The Dairy Focus Team at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has developed the Dairy Focus Somatic Cell Count Calculator, which allows producers to analyze their test day milk numbers and take appropriate action regarding somatic cell count. The main goal of the Dairy Focus Somatic Cell Count Calculator is to assist dairy producers in making management decisions on an individual herd level, which will improve overall health and decrease economic losses due to mastitis. Making these...
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Jean-Philippe Marden
Phileo by Lesaffre
The Farm, Phileo's research facility, where they develop new tools and products - Jean Phillipe Mardem
Dr Jean-Philippe Marden, Director at The Farm - Phileo Lesaffre Animal Care, talks to us during Phileo's Global Ruminant Symposium on Health & Management in Toulouse, France....
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X-Zelit | A perfect calcium balance at calving
This short animation outlines the relevance of “sub-clinical hypocalcemia” in dairy cows and how X-Zelit works to solve this issue. www.xzelit.com...
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How heifers are managed at first breeding (1st breeding) represents a significant economic opportunity on many dairies. DairyComp305 records from four free-stall Holstein dairies in the Central Valley of California show how first breeding selection criteria impact first lactation (1st lactation) and subsequent reproductive performance.   Our California Dairies 1, 2, 3, and 4 illustrate how...
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Introduction Preventing the spread of PRRS virus (PRRSv) between groups of pigs is a major goal of pork producers. Many hog operations utilize liquid disinfectant boot baths as a part of biosecurity protocols aimed at minimizing the spread of PRRSv. Several problems arise from the current use of liquid disinfectant boot baths including their effectiveness following contamination with fecal matter and in freezing...
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Agron, healthy hooves in dairy production. Vilofoss
Vilofoss presents Green Agron, a hoof care product that can be dissolved in hoof baths and/or sprinkled on walking areas....
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US -The state of California has passed a law restricting the use of antibiotics in livestock production – outlawing their use as growth promoters and feed efficiency enhancers. The new law, which was introduced in December 2014, was passed by both the Californian Senate and Assembly last month. It is now awaiting the final signature of the state governor Jerry Brown...
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Oxidative stress is a normal occurrence during the immune system’s inflammatory response to infection or injury. Inflammation plays a vital role in the body’s response to pathogens and tissue damage. However, considerable evidence now points to oxidative stress from chronic inflammation as a contributing factor in a number of health and production disorders in cattle. Research suggests that oxidative stress in dairy...
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Cattle constitute one of the major livestock species and an important economical factor in many countries. The world cattle population is estimated at 1.5 billion animals, more than 1 billion of them in tropical and subtropical countries. There, they are heavily exposed to numerous internal and external parasites, which drastically affect their well being as well as their productivity. Infectious diseases also play an important economical role in cattle. This paper discusses important...
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Control programs of BVD
Volker Moennig speaks about the Bovine Virus Diarrea and that the main issue is the control of this virus because its the most devastating virus of cattle. He also speaks about the importance of vaccination in conjuction with PR removal to fight againt the BVD....
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Hugues Guyot
University of Liège
Diagnostic tests in farms
Diagnostic tests in farms by Hugues Guyot XX Anembe Congress...
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Heidi Carroll
South Dakota State University
Profit margin forecasts for cow/calf producers and feeders have been positive and on the rise. These forecasts combined with the need to grow the national cow herd challenges all producers to make critical decisions about retaining cows or selling them to...
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1 ANSES-INRA-ENVA, UMR 1161 Virologie, 23 avenue du Général De Gaulle, Maisons-Alfort 94704, France 2 Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, Unité de Pathologie du Bétail, Université Paris-Est, 7 avenue du Général de Gaulle, Maisons-Alfort 94704, France 3 Direction scientifique des laboratoires, Plateforme de surveillance...
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Fernando Diaz, DVM, PhD
South Dakota State University
Ample bedding in stalls can optimize cow comfort, reduce hock lesions and lameness, and increase cow longevity (Tucker and Weary, 2004). The great price increase seen in  other more traditional bedding sources has resulted in recycled manure solids (RMS) becoming increasingly common on dairy farms. Recycled manure solids are obtained by mechanical separation of manure removed from dairy cows’ housing systems. Their low cost of recovery,...
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The product that revolutionized the market of multirestorative solutions celebrates 10 years. Agrovet Market Animal Health celebrates the tenth anniversary of its most representative product. Hematofos B12® is the pioneer formula that revolutionized the market of multirestorative solutions whose composition makes it the most complete product for the treatment of weakness, convalescence...
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Ingrid Lorenz
University Colleague Dublin
1 Herd Health and Animal Husbandry, UCD School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland 2 Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland 3 Animal and Bioscience...
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INTRODUCTION Post partum fertility has a profound im-pact on the economic viability of dairy industry. Post-partum period is the most crucial transitory phase in bovine life when various physiological, gynaecologi-cal, biochemical and immunological changes are occurring. During this phase, cattle are exposed to increased risk of infection of uterus, as during parturition the anatomical barriers are broached and remain open for several days (Goff...
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is there any antibiotic avaiable in pakistan which has no withdrawal from milk? such as excnel ...
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is there any antibiotic avaiable in pakistan which has no withdrawal from milk? such as excnel ...
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is there any antibiotic avaiable in pakistan which has no withdrawal from milk? such as excnel ...
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