Health

With antimicrobial resistance posing a major threat to global health, understanding how antimicrobials are used on dairy holdings and stakeholder positions are crucial in ensuring responsible use to tackle the emergence of AMR. Photo: Canva
31-05 | News

Antimicrobial use and resistance in Scottish dairy herds

Diseases in dairy cows cost New York famers millions of dollars per year in lost production, and incur extra costs for treatments, labour and culling. Photo: Chris McCullough
24-05 | News

Tech to boost cow health on New York dairy farms

DSM-Firmenich launches with animal health unit
10-05 | News

DSM-Firmenich launches with animal health unit

Understanding the concepts of thermoneutral zone, thermal comfort indices, thermal stress indicators, and thermal stress response including changes in behaviour is useful to recognise heat stress. Photo: Willem van Vliet
03-05 | Article

Heat stress in dairy cows housed in confinement systems

The disaster happened on Monday night (April 10) around 7.20pm at South Fork Dairy farm run by the Brand family situated near the city of Dimmitt. Photo: South Fork Dairy
12-04 | News

Explosion on Texas farm kills over 18,000 dairy cattle

“With the tags, I don’t have to watch the cows all the time, and being alerted to a calving or mastitis means I can take action sooner and head off a potential problem,” says dairy farmer Vaughan Davies. Photo: Jan Willem Vliet
11-04 | News

Technology to improve cow welfare during calving

A cow producing 21 litres of milk per day will drink 103 litres of water when the temperature is 21°C (70F) and 109 litres of water when the temperature is 27°C (84F). Photo: Canva
10-04 | News

Mitigation of heat stress in dairy cows gathers pace

Recent data has shown that mycoplasma continues to be spread far and wide across the UK, and that its presence, in combination with other bacteria or viruses, is linked to respiratory problems, such as Bovine Respiratory Disease. Photo: Canva
04-04 | News

Mycoplasma continues to spread: know your herd’s status

Broken tail is an indicator of poor welfare with up to 50% prevalence in dairy farms. However, most on-farm welfare programs do not include broken tails as an assessment measure. Photo: Canva
31-03 | Article

How to avoid a broken tail in dairy cows

Pathogens & Prevention - key strategies for healthy livestock

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