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...
Source: The Animal Consortium
BW of replacement heifers is rarely measured on commercial farms, making it difficult to evaluate the success of management practices related to calf growth. Our aims were to describe variability among commercial farms in Holstein heifer BW,...
Source: University of British Columbia, Anne-Marieke Smid, PHD Student
Societal concerns regarding the quality of life of dairy cows include the issue of outdoor access. A series of studies done at UBC has shown that cows will spend most of...
Source: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
While colostrum is the first milk produced after calving, transition milk refers to the milk in the days after calving before it becomes whole milk. The production of colostrum by the...
Source: Johne's Education & Management Assistance Program
L. Pieper, DVM, MSc, Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, N1G 2W1
A. Godkin, DVM, DVSc, Veterinary Science and Policy Group, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affaires, Canada, N1G...
