Health

The line-up of the Heat Stress webinar, with on the left Wim Wanzele of Agrifirm; on the far right is Dr Mohamed Mammeri of Phileo by Lesaffre; left of him is Prof Bruno Silva of the Federal University of Minas Gerais. - Photo: Company Webcast

30-03-2021 | News

On-demand: Webinar on heat stress in dairy

Photo: Gustavo Frazao

24-03-2021 | News

Coming soon: Webinar on heat stress in pigs

The impact of heat stress is lasting and continues to affect the performance of the offspring of a heat-stressed cow for 2 generations. Photo: Dreamstime

22-03-2021 | Article

Heat stress in gestating cows weakens future generations

Backyard farms frequently encounter mastitis. Photo: Vladimir Kubansky

15-03-2021 | Article

Russia’s strategy to tackle mastitis and antibiotics

Photo: Bert Jansen

09-03-2021 | News

Hundreds of cattle being culled after months at sea

Despite the implications for dairy cow welfare and productivity and the significant economic implications for dairy farmers, many dairy farmers fail to see lameness as a serious threat to their business. Photo: Ronald Hissink

26-02-2021 | Article

How farmer perceptions and automation impact lameness

Cows trimmed during the last 4 weeks before the end of gestation had a 2.4 times higher chance of abortion. Photo: Koos Groenewold

23-02-2021 | News

Late gestation hoof trimming increases abortion risk

The ideal times to trim would be once at dry-off and again around 100 days in milk. Photo: Koos Groenewold

22-02-2021 | Article

Lameness: A look at fertility, milk production and control

Sand bedding. Photo: Lilian Schaer

08-02-2021 | News

Use sand wisely for soil health and cow comfort

Pathogens & Prevention - key strategies for healthy livestock

Sunita van Es Sahota, editor special projects

29-06-2020 | Expert opinion

Staying vigilant against diseases

A digital pen and a smartphone can be used with a visitors book for an easy solution to generate useful on-farm information. Photo: Carlos Piñeiro

29-06-2020 | Article

New paradigms for disease prevention

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