Source: DRECA, Dr. Burim Ametaj, University of Alberta
Why is this important?
Reproduction failure is the number one cause for culling of dairy cows in Canada. According to DHI records 20% (~57,592 cows) of all dairy cows were culled during 2013, because they...
Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/
Feeding unsaturated fatty acids has been shown to improve reproduction in dairy cows by decreasing pregnancy losses and increasing conception rates. However, previous studies did not focus on their effects on embryonic development.
Two major sources...
Source: BMC Veterinary Research
Chenxu Zhao†, Guowen Liu†, Xiaobing Li†, Yuan Guan, Yazhou Wang, Xue Yuan, Guoquan Sun, Zhe Wang and Xinwei Li
†Contributed equally
Abstract
Background
Subacute ruminal acidosis (SARA) is a metabolic disease in high-producing dairy cattle, and is accompanied by rumenitis. However, the mechanism of rumenitis remains unclear. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the...
Source: US National Library of Medicine
Brito AF1, Tremblay GF2, Bertrand A2, Castonguay Y2, Bélanger G2, Michaud R2, Lafrenière C3, Martineau R4, Berthiaume R5.
1. University of New Hampshire, Department of Biological Sciences, Durham 03824.
2. Soils and Crops Research and Development...
Source: UBC Dairy Education & Research Centre
When farm animals become injured, farmers must decide whether to treat, transport, euthanize, or use on-farm emergency slaughter (OFES). OFES is one end-of-life option for animals that cannot be transported humanely but are fit...
Source: University of Manitoba
A case study of dairy farms
Team:
Project Leader: Dr. Kees Plaizier, Dept. Animal Science, Email: plaizier@ms.umanitoba.ca
Co-Investigators: Dr. Kim Ominski (U of M), Dr. Don Flaten (U of M), Rob Barrie (MAFRI), Clay Sawka (MAFRI)
Industry Partner: Dairy Farmers...
Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/
M. Gobikrushanth2 , A. Behrouzi 1 , K. Macmillan 1 , and M. G. Colazo 1
1Livestock Research Section, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, Edmonton, AB; 2Department of Agricultural Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton,...
Source: Canadian Journal of Animal Science
G. E. Chibisa, D. A. Christensen, T. Mutsvangwa
Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, S7N 5A8
Corresponding author: T. Mutsvangwa, (e-mail: tim.mutsvan@usask.ca)
Abbreviations: BH, biohydrogenation; CF, crude fat; CLA, conjugated linoleic...
Source: Journal of Dairy Science
Anri A.E. Timonen, Jørgen Katholm, Anders Petersen, Toomas Orro, Kerli Mõtus, Piret Kalmus
ABSTRACT
We aimed to evaluate the elimination of 4 different mastitis pathogens, Streptococcus agalactiae, Mycoplasma bovis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcus uberis, from infected udder quarters during the dry period...
Source: University of British Columbia
Previous research on milk-fed calves has shown that calves are highly motivated to consume at least twice as much milk as they have traditionally been provided (i.e. approximately 8 versus 4 L/d). When allowed to consume more milk calves gain weight...
