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...
Source: US National Library of Medicine
Cartwright SL1, Malchiodi F2, Thompson-Crispi K3, Miglior F4, Mallard BA5
1
Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1. Electronic address: cartwris@uoguelph.ca.
2
Center of Genetic Improvement of Livestock, University of...
Source: Alberta Wheat Commission, Victoria Decker
The Alberta Wheat Commission (AWC), Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission (Sask Wheat) and Minnesota Wheat Research and Promotional Council (MWRPC) are pleased to announce their collaborative, cross-border funding of a research project aimed at determining whether...
Source: University of British Columbia
Anyone who has dehorned a calf will tell you this is painful. Pain control for this procedure is now required in the new Code of Practice for Dairy Cattle. Pain during hot-iron dehorning can be...
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: Saskmilk
PROGRESS REPORT
ADF 20160165
ALMA 2017R002R
Alberta Mik
SaskMilk
Dairy Farmers of Manitoba
Prepared by: Dr. Greg Penner
1. Activities during the reporting period
The project is progressing, generally, as planned. Firstly, 2 M.Sc. students have been recruited as a suitable PhD candidate was not identified.
Activities...
Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/
M.G. Colazo1 , M. Gobikrushanth 2 , A. Behrouzi 1 , I. López-Helguera 3 , and B. Hoff 4
1Livestock Research Section, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, Canada; 2AFNS, University of Alberta, Canada; 3Department of Animal Science,...
