Raising healthy, high-performing heifers has always required a careful balance of nutrition, health, and environmental control. Today, precision livestock technologies are giving dairy producers new ways to fine-tune that balance—shifting the focus from group averages to individual calf success.
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Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry
Supplementing cows is an option to maintain or improve their condition when pasture conditions are poor.
“Feeding cows was a balancing act last winter,” says Barry Yaremcio, beef and forage specialist at the Alberta Ag-Info Centre....
Source: Oklahoma State University
By Dan N. Waldner, John Kirkpatrick, Terry W. Lehenbauer
Feeding practices, management styles, health care programs, and facilities vary greatly among dairy operations. Because of this, the degrees of stress, the patterns of disease resistance, and pathogen...
Mastitis is a costly disease affecting dairy cows, impacting milk quality and herd health. Early detection and prevention are key to minimizing losses. While clinical mastitis presents visible symptoms like swelling and abnormal milk, subclinical mastitis requires milk testing...
J.B. Gaughan, K. Sharman, M.R. McGowan
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The aim of this study was to assess effects on milk yield (MY), rumen temperature, and panting score when lactating dairy cows were cooled during the day only or during the day and...
Getting the fresh cow off to a strong start has ripple effects for her entire lactation. Subclinical mastitis rarely gets treated due to an unawareness or a lack of interest in pulling her from the tank. Nisin is a...
Source: Ontario Farm Animal Council
Cattle can sometimes be difficult to move and handle. Aggressive, stubborn, frightened or stressed cattle can all be unique challenges!
It has been proven that people who invest in learning proper cattle handling techniques can save...
Source: GEA
What goes for human beings, also goes for dairy cows: A healthy and individually tailored diet is one of the most important requirements for high performance and well-being. With GEA’s automated feeding systems, the perfect recipe can be...
