Cattle
Adapt winter milking routines to keep milk quality high
Start using a post-dip with a higher level of emollients to protect, heal and soften teat skin.
- Winter feed costs dependent on forage prices
- Asia Coffee-Vietnam dull as holiday mood drags, Indonesia subdued
- Clay has multiple benefits as dairy cattle feed supplement
- 3D technology helps dairy farmers identify sick cows
- Fruit by-products provide a cheaper fiber alternative for feedlot cattle
- Efficient feeding during drought
- US: Low-quality forage prompts concerns about cattle, ruminant malnutrition
- Recent inbreeding in cows linked to greater depression
Cattle
US methane reduction project sees $3m investment in domestic seaweed research
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences is focusing on developing a feed additive from regional seaweeds to reduce methane production and improve dairy cow health
Canola oil, nitrate play role in lowering cattle methane output
Supplementing beef cattle diets with nitrate and canola oil lowered methane yield and daily methane production but it does not alter the flow of microbial
Industry wants origin of organic livestock rule finalized
USDA reopens proposed rule on amending origin of livestock requirements for dairy animals.
Study explores optimal training for livestock guardian dogs
Bonding pen experiences produce a better livestock guardian dog (LGD). Bonding pens are fenced pastures where dogs bond with the species of their future charges
Ruminant feed with orange leaves may reduce methane emissions
Use of fruit and vegetable residues also reduces burning of byproducts in field.
Oregano extract may improve feeding rate, milk production in Jersey cows
Supplementing transitional Jersey cow diets with oregano extract may improve social behavior, feeding rate and dry matter intake along with production
Researchers listen in on 'conversations' between calves and their mothers
Researchers have been eavesdropping on 'conversations' between calves and their mothers—measuring the process of how cows communicate using detailed acoustic
Stand out from the herd: How cows communicate through their lives
Research at the University of Sydney has shown that cows maintain individual voices in a variety of emotional situations.
Feeding highly digestible sugarcane silage may improve cattle intake, rumen passage
Increasing the neutral detergent fiber digestibility of sugarcane silage may boost intake and improve ruminal passage of fiber in feedlot-raised steer
International partners to study endocannabinoid system in dairy cattle
Dairy cows go through a transition period, which lasts approximately three weeks before and after calving.
New England researchers to evaluate seaweed as methane mitigant
Besides reducing methane emissions from cattle, study could support seaweed aquaculture.
New feeding model explored for US cattle feedlots
A new understanding of how to structure a gradual, restricted feeding program may improve returns for beef producers, says researcher.