Source: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Fact Sheet written by: Vanessa Taylor – Milk Quality Assurance Program Lead/OMAFRA.
Introduction
Looking for one change in a cow’s udder health status may not give you enough of a warning that something is...
Source: Canadian Bovine Mastitis and Milk Quality Research Network
Contagious and Environmental Bacteria
The main bacteria responsible for causing mastitis can be divided in two categories: contagious bacteria and environmental bacteria. This distinction is very useful since it helps in taking...
Source: Manitoba Agriculture Food, and Rural Initiatives
A common way of measuring heat damaged protein is to analyze a feedstuff for acid detergent insoluble nitrogen (ADIN). This measures the amount of nitrogen that is bound to the indigestible part of the...
Source: National Mastitis Council
Introduction
Pathogenic microorganisms that most frequently cause mastitis can be divided into two groups based on their source: environmental pathogens and contagious pathogens. The major contagious pathogens are Streptococcus agalactiae, Staphylococcus aureus, and Mycoplasma spp. With the exception...
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...
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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: 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...
