Source: Alta Genetics, Chrissy Meyer
Think about the healthiest cows in your herd. What defines them as your healthiest?
Is it their older age? Is it...
Source: Dairy Research and Extension Consortium of Alberta, Shadi Nayeri and Dr. Paul Stothard, University of Alberta
Why is this important?
Milk production and fertility are two important...
Source: Lactanet Canada
Each year, based on official animal registration and pedigree information within its database, Lactanet Canada computes current statistics related to the level...
Source: US National Library of Medicine
Abstract
Non-aureus staphylococci (NAS), a heterogeneous group of a large number of species and subspecies, are the most frequently isolated...
Source: Canadian Dairy Network
Economics drives profitability! In the dairy industry, there have been various factors in recent years that have affected the economics of...
Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
A century of improvement
Canadian dairy cattle genetics are among the best in the world. So it's not surprising that producers...
Source: US National Library of Medicine
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
Natural antibodies (NAb) are an important component of the innate immune system, and fight infections as a part of...
Source: Dairy Farmers of Canada
OBJECTIVE:
The goal of the activity was establishing a database of cows genotyped with high quality records for fertility, survival, health,...
Source: Canadian Dairy Network
It has been said by many researchers around the world that "Phenotype is King!" in this era of genomics. What does...
Source: Journal of Dairy Science, L. Ma1,†, J.B. Cole2 Y. Da3 P.M. VanRaden2
ABSTRACT
Before fertility traits were incorporated into selection, dairy cattle breeding primarily focused on production traits, which...
