Animal health
The urge to overpopulate the lactating strings continues to result in overstocking – often at the expense of profits.
No exporting manufacturer will accept ingredients that come from milk that doesn’t meet the standard.
Canada’s federal government is funding a team of 16 scientists to try to figure out how farmers can use fewer antibiotics in the chickens, pigs and cows Canadians eat. Antibiotics are used in animal feed to prevent disease and promote growth.
The students received their financial support through the 2011 AABP Foundation-Pfizer Animal Health Veterinary Student Scholarship Fund.
The new standards address animal welfare for dairy calves and heifers from birth to freshening across the U.S.
The practical impact of the proposal is that all U.S. dairy farms will eventually have to meet the 400,000 SCC limit, regardless of where they ship their milk.
The University of Minnesota School of Veterinary Medicine is offering three courses: Beginning, Advanced and Somatic Cell Count analysis.
More frequent meals means there is less feed slugging into the rumen, less chance of acidosis and a more stable rumen environment.
This innovative program uses a team approach to improve dairy herd reproduction.
At a feeding rate of 19 grams/cow/day, AminoShure-L delivers 6.2 gm of metabolizable protein for 11¢/cow/day
The thrust: To start a dialogue with 1,000 consumer “key influencers” about what is right about U.S. agriculture.
Most death losses were black coated cattle in open feedlots.
Cool, damp spring weather followed by the recent heat means that grasses are at increased likelihood of becoming infected with ergot bodies.
Mike Meier says his pasture-based seasonal milking herd of 110 cows makes more money and takes less work than the old-style dairy.
Previous inspections of the veal operation found recurring violations of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act that the defendants failed to correct.
Repro Money is team-based and farmer-directed with reproduction at the center of the program.
Good review and refresher for every dairy producer and dairy employee who administers antibiotics to cattle.
Recent research reveals how Kentucky’s dairies regularly keep their somatic cell counts below 250,000.
The antibiotic-resistant staph has been identified in humans and fresh, unpasteurized cow’s milk.
Forages provide both structural and chemical neutral detergent fiber in dairy cow diets.
Applications due July 8.
Once temperatures reach above 70ºF, high-producing Holsteins are at the threshold of heat stress.
A group of dairy reproductive experts—including academicians and industry leaders—have come together to create a dairy synchronization protocol sheet.
If you have Staph. aureus infections on your dairy, you are faced with limited treatment options.
Raising the DCAD of lactating diets to between +35 and +45 milliequivalents/100 grams of dry matter has a positive effect on milk and fat.