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Unfortunately, the most important thing was not mentioned, and it is intensive cooling for sufficient hours per day. Water availability, shade and preventing of cows movement will not liberate the high yielding cow from the high quantities of endogenous heat generates and so, will not prevent summr drops in performance. Only proper cooling can reach this goal!
Article published the June 25, 2013
Fertility is a critical component of efficient dairy production. Failure to attain and maintain a timely pregnancy is a major reason for production losses in dairy herds. A repertoire of technological tools of the 21st Century is available and used rountinely by the dairy industry to improve reproductive efficiency. Extraordinary increases in milk production since 1975 have brought significan chal ...
Article published the May 9, 2013
Optimized systems for timed artificial insemination (TAI; Pregnancy per AI of 40 to 50%) entail controlling the period of follicle dominance, need to sustain progesterone exposure throughout the period of ovulatory follicle development, induction of complete luteolysis in lactating dairy cows, and finally the need to optimize timing of AI relative to induction of ...
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