Health & Nutrition

Gilman has also replaced his soya and palm from the cow’s diet. The soya has been replaced by ordinary rape seed meal with little change in performance and production. Photo: Mark Pasveer

03-05-2023 | News

Feed efficiency: Multi-cut silage, diet changes, genomics

Understanding the concepts of thermoneutral zone, thermal comfort indices, thermal stress indicators, and thermal stress response including changes in behaviour is useful to recognise heat stress. Photo: Willem van Vliet

03-05-2023 | Article

Heat stress in dairy cows housed in confinement systems

12-04-2023 | News

Explosion on Texas farm kills over 18,000 dairy cattle

“With the tags, I don’t have to watch the cows all the time, and being alerted to a calving or mastitis means I can take action sooner and head off a potential problem,” says dairy farmer Vaughan Davies. Photo: Jan Willem Vliet

11-04-2023 | News

Technology to improve cow welfare during calving

A cow producing 21 litres of milk per day will drink 103 litres of water when the temperature is 21°C (70F) and 109 litres of water when the temperature is 27°C (84F). Photo: Canva

10-04-2023 | News

Mitigation of heat stress in dairy cows gathers pace

Recent data has shown that mycoplasma continues to be spread far and wide across the UK, and that its presence, in combination with other bacteria or viruses, is linked to respiratory problems, such as Bovine Respiratory Disease. Photo: Canva

04-04-2023 | News

Mycoplasma continues to spread: know your herd’s status

Broken tail is an indicator of poor welfare with up to 50% prevalence in dairy farms. However, most on-farm welfare programs do not include broken tails as an assessment measure. Photo: Canva

31-03-2023 | Article

How to avoid a broken tail in dairy cows

The farm moved towards more protein autonomy without degrading the productivity of the herd. Photo: Marie-Christine Pioche

24-03-2023 | Article

France: A dairy farm with a passion for protein self-sufficiency

Cow health

Routine dairy testing is a proven way to improve product quality and production efficiency. Photo: Daniel Schwarz

24-08-2020 | Article

New advancements in udder health management

Digital dermatitis (DD) is a global cause of dairy cow lameness. Photo: Dr Guatteo

11-08-2020 | Article

New treatments for digital dermatitis

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