Source: Journal of Dairy Science
ABSTRACT
Dairy calves in North America traditionally are housed individually and fed by manual milk feeding (MMF) systems with buckets or bottles. Automated milk feeders (AMF) allow for more natural milk feeding frequencies and volumes, and...
Source: Dairy Research Cluster
The Canadian Milk Production Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) Update conducted by Groupe AGECO and released in January 2019 assesses several environmental issues in milk production, including carbon footprint, water consumption, and land use. Its findings indicate that the...
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: Alberta Milk, UCVM, Lorraine Doepel
Background:
The rearing of healthy heifer calves is an essential component of the success of all dairy farms yet little work to date has evaluated the success of various practices. Calves are born with virtually no...
Source: University of British Columbia, Erik Rolfsen
A UBC study published earlier this year found that dairy calves have distinct personality traits from a very young age. Researchers from the faculty of land and food systems tested calves for pessimism, fearfulness...
Source: Dairy Research Blog
Dr. Andrew VanderZaag, a scientist from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, and his collaborators from the University of Guelph, OMAFRA, the Livestock Research Innovation Corporation, and Wilfrid Laurier University, measured water use on farms in Ontario to...
Source: Dairy Farmers of Canada
Dairy Farmers of Canada in partnership with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and provincial partners, is supporting 10 research projects in dairy cattle health, care and...
Source: US National Library of Medicine
Abstract
Effective management and an appropriate environment are essential for dairy cattle health and welfare. Codes of practice provide dairy producers with best practice guidance for the care and handling of their cattle. New Canadian...
Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Wen Yang and Karen Beauchemin • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Center, Lethbridge, Alberta
Take home message
The physical effectiveness factor (pef) is determined as the proportion of the TMR (as-fed) retained on the 0.75” and 0.31”...
Source: Dairy Cares news release
New research published in the Journal of Dairy Science finds that changing the way manure is stored and handled is key to meeting California's 40 percent dairy manure methane reduction goal and combating climate change.
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