Health & Nutrition

5 questions answered on promoting resilience in dairy cows

20-05 | Article

5 questions answered on promoting resilience in dairy cows

VIDEO: Risks of H5N1 bird flu in dairy & people

16-05 | Article

VIDEO: Risks of H5N1 bird flu in dairy & people

The government’s Animal and Plant Health Agency has confirmed “a very high probability of BTV-3 entering the UK and a very high probability of it spreading across ruminants in Great Britain. Photo: Canva

14-05 | News

UK faces bluetongue fears, vaccine authorised in the Netherlands

During the experimental period, milk yield was similar between the two groups but was higher in the spent hemp group compared to the control group during the withdrawal period. Photo: Canva

09-05 | Article

Spent hemp biomass as a feed ingredient for dairy cows

"It was striking that the disease only affected second-calf and older cows. We didn't know what it was. The diagnosis of HPAI was only made after the symptoms had disappeared and the cows had recovered." Photo: Misset

07-05 | News

Texas region: “Most dairies have had it. We haven’t seen the last of HPAI”

Mitigating methane production in the dairy cow’s rumen

01-05 | Article

Mitigating methane production in the dairy cow’s rumen

(L-R) Stacey Dimas, Chief of Staff, the Office of New York State Senator Webb; Elizabeth Wolters, Deputy Commissioner, New York State Agriculture and Markets; Guillermo Schroeder, R&D Director Cargill; Benjamin Z. Houlton; Ronald P. Lynch Dean of CALS; Joe McFadden, associate professor of dairy cattle biology, Cornell CALS; Brendan Tydings, administrator, Genesee Valley Regional Market Authority; Dan Kingston, Vice Chairman, Board of Directors, Genesee Valley Regional Market Authority; Daryl V. Nydam, professor, Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine and David Drinkwater Faculty Director, Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability; Tom Overton, Chair of Cornell CALS Animal Science Department; Jonathan Griffin, Senior Vice President, Balchem Corporation. Photo: Cargill

30-04 | News

First facility with respiration stalls to reduce methane in US

any cattle intended to be transported across US state lines would need to be checked for Avian Influenza (AI) infection. Photo: Canva

30-04 | News

Testing for avian influenza now required for US dairy cows

Using livestock census and movement data from Ethiopia, the team developed a transmission model to explore the potential for routine vaccination to control bovine tuberculosis. Photo: Canva

26-04 | News

Reducing the spread of TB in dairy cattle by 89%

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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