Source: Elanco
A newly-published white paper, “Pathway to Climate Neutrality for U.S. Beef and Dairy Cattle Production” by Drs. Sara E. Place, chief sustainability officer for Elanco Animal Health (NYSE: ELAN) and Frank M. Mitloehner, professor and director of the CLEAR...
Source: University of Georgia Extension
INTRODUCTION
Antibiotic therapy continues to play an important role in the control of mastitis in dairy cows. Lactational therapy is effective against Streptococcus agalactiae but less successful against infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus and other causes of mastitis. As a...
NovaVive Inc., an animal health immunobiology company, today announced that an article has been published in the Journal of Animal Science (https://academic.oup.com/jas/article-abstract/99/9/skab191/6360969 <https://academic.oup.com/jas/article-abstract/99/9/skab191/6360969> ). The article summarizes a research study evaluating the effect of peripartal (around the time of calving)...
Source: MDPI
Simple Summary
The aim of this study was to determine the motivation of pasture housed dairy heifers to access shade during southern Brazil’s summer and autumn months, and if social rank affected shade use. Heifers valued shade and worked...
Source: University of British Columbia
Cows kept in ‘tie stalls’ are tethered in individual stalls. This is the most prominent form of housing for Canadian dairy cattle (74% of farms in Canada use tie stalls), especially in Quebec and Ontario....
Source: PennState Extension
Animal feed production is undergoing a shift in approach to food safety, with preventive measures to address possible hazards before they occur.
The safety and quality of feed and forages are critical to avoid losses in production, herd...
Source: BMC Veterinary Research, Ľubomíra Grešáková, Monika Holodová, Małgorzata Szumacher-Strabel, Haihao Huang, Piotr Ślósarz, Janusz Wojtczak, Natalia Sowińska & Adam Cieślak
Abstract
Background
Lactating dairy cows are the greatest livestock contributor of methane, a major global greenhouse gas (GHG). However, good feeding management with adequate mineral intake can offers an effective...
Source: Western College of Veterinary Medicine, Jessica Colby
A research team at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) is developing a more cost-effective method to detect a type of salmonella bacteria that’s difficult to diagnose and even more difficult to...
Source: Journal of Dairy Science, T. Wolfe, E. Vasseur, T.J. DeVries, R. Bergeron
Cows spend more time lying down when stalls are soft and dry, and bedding plays a key role in the comfort of the lying surface. The first...
Source: University of British Columbia
Lameness is one of the greatest challenges facing the dairy industry - approximately 25% of the dairy cows in Canada are lame. It is important that new cases of lameness are promptly identified, as treatment...
