Source: UBC
Although many dairy farms socially house their milk-fed calves, some calves are still raised individually from birth to weaning. We provide additional evidence that depriving the milk-fed calf of access to social partners early in life can negatively...
Source: MDPI
Dave J. Seymour1,3,†, Dagnachew Hailemariam4, Graham Plastow4, Hinayah R. de Oliveira1,2,‡, Christine F. Baes1,5 and Flavio S. Schenkel1,*
1Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock, Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
2Lactanet Canada, Guelph, ON N1K...
Source: Journal of Dairy Science
S Casaro 1, J G Prim 1, T D Gonzalez 1, R S Bisinotto 1, R C Chebel 1, M G Marrero 2, A C M Silva 2, J E P Santos 3, C D Nelson 3, J Laporta 4, S J Jeon 5, R C Bicalho 6, J P Driver 7, K N Galvão 8
Affiliations
1Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences,...
NovaVive Inc., an animal health immunobiology company, announces that an abstract has been presented at the 2023 AETA & CETA/ACTE Joint Convention in Orlando, FL. The abstract summarizes a research study evaluating the effect of mycobacterium cell wall fraction...
Source: University of Guelph
University of Guelph researchers looking to reduce pregnancy losses in dairy cattle are also milking the benefits of a new data portal intended to improve livestock productivity in Ontario.
The dual projects came together at the Ontario...
Analysis Conducted by Arkion® Life Sciences
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Calves are frequently fed calf milk replacer (CMR) before weaning, and these CMR’s are
formulated to provide the calf optimal nutrition. The protein source in the CMR can vary, for
example, spray dried plasma or...
Source: ScienceDirect
Abstract
Objective
The objective was to evaluate the potential of milk fat-to-protein ratio (F:P), milk fat-to-lactose ratio (F:L), and milk protein-to-lactose ratio (P:L) as tools to assist with the preliminary screening of cows that need extra attention and are at...
Source: Cell Genomics
Ruidong Xiang 1 2 3 12, Lingzhao Fang 4 5, Shuli Liu 6, Iona M. Macleod 2, Zhiqian Liu 2, Edmond J. Breen 2, Yahui Gao 7, George E. Liu 7, Albert Tenesa 4 8, CattleGTEx Consortium,...
Source: University of British Columbia
By Jessica C.S. Marques, Joyce P.O Maciel, Jose Denis-Robichaud, Rodrigo S. Conceicao, Amanda M. Bega, Sydney Moore, and Ronaldo L.A. Cerri
The use of sensor technologies to detect estrus (period of sexual receptivity) has increased throughout...
Source: DRECA
Why is this important?
Most people have heard about probiotics and what these compounds can do to aid gut health in humans and other animals. Many producers have likely heard researchers, service providers, nutritionists or veterinarians speak about the...
