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A healthy gut enables an animal to make the most of every dietary nutrient fed. Photo: Canva
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Understanding and preserving gut health

The capsule is easily swallowed by a cow and stays in the gut throughout its lifetime. Photo: Van Assendelft Photography
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New cheap bolus for smarter farming

Giving the postbiotic in the diet from weaning reduced the intensity and duration of diarrhoea when pigs were subsequently challenged with F4+.
02-01-2023 | Article

A pioneer postbiotic to maintain gut health in pigs

Proteins in normal silages are less efficiently utilised by animals than proteins in fresh crops. Photo: Ruud Ploeg
29-12-2022 | Article

Silage making: Problems and solutions

Milk yield under AMS may also be affected by weather conditions. In one study, milk yield was higher during the cold season than in the hot season (32.2 vs. 28.8 kg/d). Photo: Shutterstock
27-12-2022 | Article

Automatic milking and its effects

Photo: Canva
20-12-2022 | Article

Combining starch and sugar in lactating cow diets

Researchers explored the microbial community in tank milk from Swedish dairy farms using different milking systems. Photo: Canva
16-12-2022 | Article

How milking system and pre-milking routines affect milk quality

AMSs have the potential to create significant change in farm productivity and profitability. Photo: DeLaval
15-12-2022 | Article

Australia: Growth in automatic milking

The main goal of mechanical milking is to efficiently harvest milk from clean, dry and properly stimulated teats without detrimental impacts on teat condition and overall dairy cattle health and welfare. Photo: Mark Pasveer
14-12-2022 | Article

Optimising the mechanical milking process

"Nitrogen is a major issue in cattle and other ruminants. So yes, we are also working on that," says Julien Martin. Photo: Canva
14-12-2022 | Article

Interview: “Bovaer is a game changer for dairy farming”