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How nutrition influences dairy cow health, immunity Balanced nutrition greatly affects immune function, performance in transition cows
19/12/2018
Robotic pills could monitor dairy cow health A prototype demonstrates the circuitry and manufacturing technology being developed for a robotic pill that could give farmers an inside view of the health
04/11/2019
Prepartum DCAD nutrition leads to enhanced transition cow success Transition cow health, early lactation milk yield and producer profitability improved through diet
07/09/2018
3D technology helps dairy farmers identify sick cows Current precision livestock farming applications for managing dairy cow health are often slow in identifying diseases.
05/02/2020
Cow Health: Grass staggers Grass staggers (tetany) is a metabolic disease caused by magnesium deficiency and is also called hypomagnesaemia. The cow is dependant of what Magnesium
07/12/2016
Cow Health: Theileriosis Theileriosis is a disease caused by a species of Theileria a blood-borne parasite that only affects cattle and is primarily transmitted by ticks.
08/12/2016
Cow Health: Bovine viral diarrhoea virus Bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVD) may affect up to 60% dairy cows and 90% herds. BVD limits production, causes reproductive losses and may lead to death
06/12/2016
How to prevent milk fever in dairy cows Prevention strategies include manipulation of the cow’s close-up diet post-calving. Hypocalcaemia, or milk fever, is a common occurrence in dairy operations
08/12/2016
Benefits of fiber-degrading enzymes in dairy cow diets The addition of enzymatic feed additives to dairy cow diets increase feed intake, animal performance. Enzymes can improve feed efficiency and reduce the cost of
17/12/2016
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
10/01/2020