health

Studies show that farm workers who change their clothes after assisting with birth, and professional farm visitors wearing boots and clothes had lower odds of Coxiella burnetii infection. Photo: Dennis Beek
14-02-2023 | Article

Reducing zoonotic disease transmission in dairy farms

Feed programs must be designed to fit the nutritional needs of calves and delivered in a way that allows them to express natural behaviours. Photo: Ruud Ploeg
08-02-2023 | Article

The surplus calf puzzle

Managing the risk of mastitis in wet weather
01-02-2023 | Article

Managing the risk of mastitis in wet weather

It was reviewed that having a disease within 14 days before the onset of mastitis was associated with the severity of clinical expression of mastitis. Photo: Canva
31-01-2023 | Article

Risk factors for severity of clinical mastitis in dairy cows

The research will have a huge impact on the day-to-day management of good husbandry practice. Photo: Koos Groenewold
30-01-2023 | News

Canada invests CAN$1 million in dairy cow health

Dry matter intake play an important role is the depth and duration of negative energy balance. Photo: Canva
26-01-2023 | Article

Feeding postpartum cows successfully

Considering the economic impacts of health and welfare issues of parasites on the livestock industry, prevention has more advantages than the cure for parasitic infections. Photo: Canva
15-11-2022 | Article

Breeding for parasite resistance in dairy cows

Clinical mastitis is an inflammatory response to infection causing changes in the udder, milk composition, and increases the somatic cell count. Photo: Henk Riswick
01-11-2022 | Article

Rumen microbiota imbalance and mastitis

It is estimated that around one third of UK dairy herds are infected to some extent with Johne’s Disease, but within herd prevalence has until recently been difficult to ascertain. Photo: Hans Prinsen
27-10-2022 | News

Johne’s Disease: Identifying the right cows to cull

Researchers said: “Our data indicate that, independent of THI, inhalation of PM2.5 decreases daily milk production in dairy cows by an average of 1.2 kg/cow for every 100-µg/ m3 increase in PM2.5, not only on the day of exposure, but also up to 7 days after the last day of smoke exposure. Photo: Canva
30-09-2022 | News

Global wildfires and its effects on dairy cows