Source: Pennsylvania State University
With only 3% of the US dairy cow population certified organic, the majority of data underlying national genetic evaluations come from conventionally managed cows. As a result, if the differences in an environment that an organic...
NovaVive Inc., an animal health immunobiology company, today announced that an article has been published in the Journal of Animal Science (https://academic.oup.com/jas/article-abstract/99/9/skab191/6360969 <https://academic.oup.com/jas/article-abstract/99/9/skab191/6360969> ). The article summarizes a research study evaluating the effect of peripartal (around the time of calving)...
Source: Michigan State University, Justin Whitmore
Michigan State University researcher Jason Knott contributed his expertise in the field of embryo and cellular development to the journal Nature Structural and Molecular Biology (NSMB) to review two recent lab discoveries related to...
Source: National Mastitis Council
Carol Hulland (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Simon Dufour (Université de Montréal), and Marcos Munoz (Universidad de Concepción)
Version: April 13, 2018
Revision due: April 13, 2023
Many veterinary and milk quality laboratories are now using MALDI-TOF MS (Matrix Assisted Laser...
Source: University of British Columbia
Some calves are inherently optimistic or pessimistic, just as humans are, a new University of British Columbia study has found.
Recognizing these individual personality differences is important to ensure animals are treated well, says professor Marina von...
Source: National Mastitis Council
Subcommittee of the NMC Research Committee: Ron Erskine, Jim Cullor, Mel Schaellibaum, Bob Yancey and Alfonso Zecconi
Introduction
Bovine mastitis is the single most common cause for antibacterial use in lactating dairy cattle (18, 24). Treatment of this...
Source: Journal of Dairy Science
M.J.VandeHaar*L.E.Armentano†K.Weigel†D.M.Spurlock‡R.J.Tempelman*R.Veerkamp§
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Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824
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Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706
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Department of Animal Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames 50011
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Animal Breeding...
Source: Richard, F., Chouinard, Y. and Pothier, F., Département des sciences animales, Université Laval (Québec, QC).
A typical lactation curve can be described as increasing from initial yield at calving to maximum or peak yield, maintaining peak yield, and decreasing from...
Source: Dairy Research and Extension Consortium of Alberta
Kira Macmillan1 , Mohanathas Gobikrushanth 2 , Amir Behrouzi1 , Brent Hoff3 , Marocs G. Colazo1
1Livestock Systems Section, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, Edmonton, AB, E-mail: marcos.colazo@gov.ab.ca
2Universtiy of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
3Animal Health Laboratory, University...
Andrew M. Biggs
What do we know about Streptococcus uberis mastitis and why is it so frustrating?
Streptococcus uberis is recognised in many countries around the world as the problem mastitis bug that can cause difficult to cure cases that often...
