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How to know the age of month when you buy a calf
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Bovine Babesiosis (BB) is a tick-borne disease of cattle.
The principal strains are babesia bovis and babesia bigemina, with Rhipicephalus ticks being the major vector. (Rhipicephalus (B.) decoloratus is a one-host tick. The ticks are active throughout the year where the climate is warm enough, with a peak in abundance during #SPRING and another during ...Read more -
15 MANAGEMENT TIPS FOR BETTER POULTRY PERFORMANCE POTENTIAL
15 MANAGEMENT TIPS FOR BETTER POULTRY PERFORMANCE POTENTIAL Achieving good bird, barn and gut health requires operational excellence and attention to detail. A combination of quality nutrition, veterinary guidance, and increased consideration of barn and bird management will help to ensure birds ...Read more -
Experimental Infection of Foot and Mouth Disease in Indian Sheep and Goats
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is an economically important contagious disease of livestock mainly cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, and pig. There is limited data available on pathogenesis of foot and mouth disease in goats. In the study, the sheep and goats were infected experimentally with a seroty...Read more -
12 COMMON MISTAKES TO AVOID IN POULTRY FARMING
12 COMMON MISTAKES TO AVOID IN POULTRY FARMING 1. Avoid having dirty water troughs. Dirty water or dirty troughs are the origin of eschelicia coli that causes death, production decline, and losses 2. Avoid having insufficient water space. This can lead to complications like visceral gout( cause...Read more -
New research why cool cows provide more milk
With increasing global temperatures, dairy cattle face heat stress more frequently throughout the year than in the past. Thanks to cooling technology, dairy cattle can enjoy a better quality of life, but farmers and consumers may wonder if cattle comfort results in more milk. A study conducted by...Read more -
Taming heat stress – climate change adaptation of dairy, pig sectors in Uganda
Global heat stress is a growing problem that stands to impact health, livelihoods and the very food we eat. While high temperatures and heat waves can occur under normal weather conditions, with climate change they are becoming more severe, last longer and happen more frequently. In 2019, we saw ...Read more -
Tackling ticks through DNA
A new study indicates that eradication of the cattle tick in Australia is theoretically feasible. Globally, the annual economic loss from cattle ticks is estimated to be US$22-$30 billion. A new University of New England (UNE)-initiated study has established the feasibility of breeding tick resis...Read more -
Lame cows recover better when housed in hospital pens
Lame cows benefit from housing in hospital pens. This is – in short – the result from a study made in collaboration between Department of Animal Science, Aarhus University, and SEGES. Lameness in dairy cows is a major problem in dairy herds worldwide and is associated with reduced animal we...Read more -
Diagnosing bovine mastitis Real-Time PCR offers fast results
A new study indicates that eradication of the cattle tick in Australia is theoretically feasible. Globally, the annual economic loss from cattle ticks is estimated to be US$22-$30 billion. A new University of New England (UNE)-initiated study has established the feasibility of breeding tick resis...Read more -
What effect does early social contact have on dairy calves’ welfare
In addition to needs such as food, water, shelter, and medical care, social contact is an important aspect of welfare for animals, just as it is for humans. Yet early socialization of dairy calves is sometimes given lesser priority in the interest of physical health, with young calves housed indi...Read more -
Survival to next parity is related to milk production and metabolism of cows in early lactation
Health and lifespan of cows is associated with the start of a lactation. Results of a recent study at Dairy Campus show that cows that successfully reach the next parity, have higher fatty acid concentrations in blood in early lactation, and also have a higher milk production with less variation ...Read more -
Multifunctional inoculation aims to revolutionize Brazilian pastures
The Embrapa Soja (PR) has just developed an innovative technology that combines microorganisms with multifunctional properties ( Azospirillum brasilense and Pseudomonas fluorescen s) with the potential to increase by 22% on average the production of pastures with Brachiaria and expand the absorpt...Read more -
Milk protein could help boost blueberries’ healthfulness
Pairing blueberry pie with a scoop of ice cream is a nice summer treat. Aside from being tasty, this combination might also help people take up more of the “superfruit’s” nutrients, such as anthocyanins. Researchers reporting in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemis...Read more -
Heat stress in dairy cows damages health of calves
As scientists continue to explore the wide-ranging effects of heat stress on the health of dairy cattle, a new study by researchers from the University of Florida, published in the September issue of JDS Communications, adds to the growing understanding of the negative influences of heat stress, ...Read more -
Caring for first-calf heifers and calves
Each season of the year brings management considerations for the beef producer. For summer, two groups in the herd – first calf heifers and young calves – need special attention, according to experts at Kansas State University’s Beef Cattle Institute. “First calf heifers need a lot of extra care ...Read more -
Breeding to fight livestock infections has much more potential than thought
Breeding to fight livestock infections has much more potential than thought Researchers of the Animal Breeding and Genomics and Quantitative Veterinary Epidemiology groups of Wageningen University & Research have recently shown that this potential is actually much larger, because of indirect ...Read more -
Wonder fungi in goat’s gut
From biofuels and other commodity chemicals to methane production, genomic study peers into the mysteries of a goat’s gut. Michelle O’Malley has long been inspired by gut microbes. Since she began studying the herbivore digestive tract, the UC Santa Barbara chemical engineering profes...Read more -
Value from sewage New technology makes pig farming more environmentally friendly
Anyone who lives in Okinawa, a subtropical island in Japan, has an appreciation of the intensity of its pig farming industry. The farms have a large effect on the island’s economy and culture. According to Japan’s Cabinet Office, as of 2018, there were over 225,000 pigs in Okinawa. Po...Read more -
Objects in contact with classical scrapie sheep act as a reservoir for scrapie transmission
Classical scrapie is an environmentally transmissible prion disease of sheep and goats. Prions can persist and remain potentially infectious in the environment for many years and thus pose a risk of infecting animals after re-stocking. In vitro studies using serial protein misfolding cyclic ampli...Read more -
Pharmacokinetics of Conventional and Long-Acting Oxytetracycline Preparations in Kilis Goat
Citation: The pharmacokinetics of conventional and long-acting (LA) oxytetracycline (OTC), widely used broad-spectrum antibacterial drugs in veterinary medicine, were evaluated in Kilis goats at single dosage of 20 mg/kg body weight (bw). A total of 21 goats were divided into three groups: intrav...Read more -
Trees to feed the cows
Cows grazing on trees. This is a new form of grazing that INRA has developed for dairy cattle based on grass, fodder… and the leaves of living trees It has long been advantageous to associate livestock with crops in lowland areas: a portion of the crops can be used to feed the animals who, in tur...Read more -
the feeding value of pulp for cattle
Pulp is a fibre-rich by-product, emerging from the protein refining of grass-clover. As the pulp forms a considerable part of this process, the utilisation of this, by for instance dairy farmers, is extremely important. Therefore, researchers from AU are currently studying the feeding valu...Read more -
Sheep vs. goats Who are the best problem solvers
When it comes to adapting to new situations, goats are a step ahead. Compared to sheep, they can more quickly adapt to changing environmental conditions. These are the findings of a new study by researchers at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and the Leibniz Institute for Farm Anim...Read more
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