Nutrition
Adapt your feeding strategies to summer conditions
In addition to cooling, shade and ventilation, strategic adjustments to diet formulation and feeding management can help cows to better cope with extreme weather conditions.
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Water: The most important nutrient
Don't overlook the importance of an abundant, high-quality water supply for lactating cows. Here are some watering space guidelines shared at the 2012 Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference.
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Understand rumen tissue changes
Adaptation of the rumen epithelial tissue to dietary changes during the transition period is critical to maximizing a cow's health and productivity when she enters lactation.
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Ration strategies for hot weather
Some areas of the country are already seeing temperatures conducive to heat stress. Use this advice to keep lactating cows on track.
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Podcast offers advice on MUN
Milk urea nitrogen can be a useful tool for measuring the protein status of dairy cows. Learn more about it in this Purdue Dairy Digest podcast.
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Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference coming up
The conference will be held April 24-25 in Fort Wayne, Ind. Presentations will focus on nutrition and animal health, milk components, forage management and current issues.
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Florida nutrition symposium proceedings available
Tap into what the experts had to say recently about forage digestibility, amino acid balancing, rumen fermentation and more.
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Should you worry about mycotoxins in DDGS?
A survey published this year has some good news.
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Advice on feeding direct-fed microbials
Direct-fed microbials are a source of live, naturally occurring microorganisms used as feed additives. Learn more about their use in transition cow and fresh cow diets.
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Recording of feed and water systems webinar now online
A recording from a recent Penn State “Technology Tuesdays” webinar, “Cow-Centered Housing Series: Feed and Water System Design and Management,” is now available.
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Tips for feeding controlled-energy diets
If your fresh and high-producing cows always have a sharp loss in body condition after calving, a greater occurrence of metabolic disorders, and delayed resumption of estrus, then it might be time to check your nutritional management. At the top of your nutrition checklist should be: Are you overfeeding energy to
your dry cows?
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