Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs
Fact Sheet written by: Jack Rodenburg - Dairy Cattle Production Systems Program Lead/OMAFRA
Every dairy producer has cattle that are too fat or too thin for their stage of lactation. Failure to recognize...
Source: proAction
Two methods can be used for scoring lameness in dairy cattle: Gait Scoring or Stall Lameness Scoring. Please see the Quick Guide to Stall Lameness Scoring for a description of that protocol.
Gait Scoring or Locomotion Scoring
Preferred method...
EARLY DETECTION FOR BETTER HEALTH AND REPRODUCTIVE OUTCOMES.
Zoetis Canada is launching SmartBowTM, an industry-leading, artificial intelligent ear tag monitor system that uses the movement of a cow’s ear to determine her health, heat, feeding behaviour and location in real...
Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry
Supplementing cows is an option to maintain or improve their condition when pasture conditions are poor.
“Feeding cows was a balancing act last winter,” says Barry Yaremcio, beef and forage specialist at the Alberta Ag-Info Centre....
Source: Manitoba Agriculture Food, and Rural Initiatives
The majority of displaced abomasums (DA) occur during the first three weeks after calving. The abomasum is the last of four stomachs found in the ruminant digestive tract. It is similar in function to...
Source: National Farm Animal Care Council Code of Practice for the care and handling of farm animals - Dairy Cattle, Section 2.3
Water availability and quality are extremely important for animal health and productivity (30). If the water supply is interrupted...
Source: proAction
Use only with tie-stall systems where walking and observation of cattle is not practical, and where cattle are tied in and used to the stalls that they are in.
Method:
1. Encourage all cattle to be assessed to stand. All...
Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs
Fact Sheet written by: Brian Lang, Veal Specialist/OMAFRA
The success of colostrum feeding to calves is built on four critical components:
Timing - How quickly the calf receives colostrum after birth.
Quantity - How...
Source: Manitoba Agriculture Food, and Rural Initiatives
The practice of feeding elevated phosphorus (P) levels has come under scrutiny recently as concern grows over the impact that livestock feeding practices have on manure nutrient concentrations and the environment. Concern over the...
