A probiotic developed at the University of Alberta shows promise in improving the health of dairy calves in the essential first weeks of life.
Plants & Animals
May 9, 2022
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Researchers from Massey University and the University of Warwick have found that non-dairy stock farmers are just as likely to get infected with leptospirosis as dairy farmers, proving the disease is no longer dominant in ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 22, 2021
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Research into disease prevention on British dairy farms has revealed a variation in how vaccination strategies are implemented by farmers and vets.
Other
Feb 12, 2016
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While a strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus has been detected in dairy cattle in nine states—not including New York state—the commercial milk supply continues to be safe, according to a panel of Cornell, ...
Veterinary medicine
May 7, 2024
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A series of experiments with highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza (HPAI H5N1) viruses circulating in infected U.S. dairy cattle found that viruses derived from lactating dairy cattle induced severe disease in mice and ferrets ...
Ecology
Jul 8, 2024
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Methane mitigation has been identified as essential for addressing climate change. Intensive research in the past decade has resulted in a better understanding of factors driving enteric methane emissions in dairy cattle.
Agriculture
Dec 1, 2022
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The amount and composition of milk produced by dairy cows appears to be more regulated by internal, annual biological rhythms than by environmental factors such as heat and humidity, according to Penn State researchers who ...
Other
Dec 20, 2018
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Adopting high yield dairy cattle breeds and improving feed would allow Tanzania to increase milk production, while reducing planet warming greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and alleviating poverty, a new study reveals.
Agriculture
Nov 16, 2022
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Intensive dairy cattle farming is a significant source of methane emissions, a potent greenhouse gas, that contributes to global warming and thus climate change. A study in the International Journal of Global Warming has ...
Environment
Oct 12, 2023
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Genetic selection is a powerful tool to improve livestock production, given that genetic gains are cumulative and permanent, and feeding behavior in cows may be used as an indicated trait for feed efficiency.
Veterinary medicine
Sep 28, 2022
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