Participation in Forum on May 9, 2018
The hormonal changes during pregnancy may be one of factor for the changes?Since the animal being a heifer , the incidental changes may be found to be odd in nature. This changes could be reversed after parturition and in one the dairy herd.
Ramachandran Balagopal likes this technical article:
IntroductionThe periparturient period in dairy cows is characterized by substantial metabolic stress, endocrine changes, depressed feed intake, and negative energy balance [1]. In response to these changes, dairy cows mobilize adipose tissue triglyceride (TG), leading to elevated non-esterified fatty acid (NEFA) concentrations in the blood. The high flux of blood NEFA to the liver often exceeds th ...
Participation in Forum on September 25, 2012
Sir, Interesting article about Corn Straw in Dairy Cattle. In India the staple dry fodder is Paddy straw and next in order is Corn Stover/ straw. This is being fed as such but the waste is unavoidable. So nowadays it is being chaffed in the chaff cutting machine and fed to animals and there is no chance e for damaging the mm of mouth. We used feed 1 % of the live weight of the animal in the form o ...
Participation in Forum on December 14, 2011
Hello, The Professor and Head, Dept. of Animal Nutrition, Madras veterinary College, Vepery, Chennai-600 007 has developed a solution named "Grand" which is very effective to acidosis and practically showed improvement in milk yield.
Participation in Forum on November 15, 2011
Sir,
For the endoparasites first of all see for the worm load and specific species of the parasites and medicate based on the exact body weight of the animal.Similarly you can try for the copper sulphate in the regular concentrate diet.. If it is a swill feeding farm sterlize/ boil the contents prior to feeding. If it is ectoparasite Benzyl benzoate is the best drug of choice in my field experi ...
Participation in Forum on November 15, 2011
Hello, First of all I congratulate the author for giving efficient tips to assess the breeding programme of the dairy farm.I should be taught to the all the field veterinarians as well as in the in service programme. R.Balagopal
Participation in Forum on November 12, 2011
Dear Friends.
The impression created by DrTadimeti Hanumanta is without any scientific reference , simply stated that the seepage of Oxytocin in the milk after injection. basically you putforth the information with authenticated scientific so as to clarify the gravity of the situation, rather than stating side efforts.
Participation in Forum on April 1, 2011
Fibrolytic enzyme will enhance the digestibility of the feed and not the intake.How can be the temperature of the normal cow become >40.Even there is increase in the environmental temperature the body temperature of the animal will have of rise of 0.5 C. If there is rise in body temperature what ever the materials added to the feed can't increase the intake.
Participation in Forum on March 2, 2011
The concept of feeding green fodder is very much essential and more over not only the production performance of the animal is taken into account due weight age has to be primarily given for the inter calving period. I am of the opinion if the inter calving period exceeds 14 months then whole balance sheet of cost benefit ratio will be adversely affected in the negative side.
Participation in Forum on August 26, 2010
Very impressive and thought provokoing article. Simple and Crisp.Undergraduate students enjoy the simple explanation and plays a role in their Veterinary Practice