Health

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26-06-2023 | Article

Mycotoxin Special: Reserve your spot now!

Six strategic goals have been set by dairy farmers, vets and industry professionals across the whole supply chain in the new UK Dairy Cattle Welfare Strategy, which runs until 2028. One goal includes: Thriving Cows – ensuring all dairy animals are bred, reared and cared for to thrive in all systems. Photo: Canva

21-06-2023 | News

New 5-year dairy welfare strategy for UK milk producers

If cows are housed, split the daily feed and deliver 60% in the evening when cows are more likely to feed. Photo: Michel Velderman

16-06-2023 | Article

10 practices to manage heat stress in dairy cows

Magazine edition 2: A look at a chronic vet shortage globally

15-06-2023 | News

Magazine edition 2: A look at a chronic vet shortage globally

Although retained placenta has a low heritability of 0.01 to 0.10, long-term selection on retained placenta can improve resistance to this reproductive disorder. Photo: Andrea van Schaik

13-06-2023 | Article

Genetic selection: Resistance to retained placenta in dairy cows

Of the roughly 22,000 veterinary surgeons practising in Germany, only 3,500 are still involved in the care of agricultural livestock. Photo: Ton Kastermans

12-06-2023 | Article

Chronic vet shortage: A global problem

Body condition scoring is a valuable tool with significant impacts on transition performance and the prevalence of ketosis. The ideal body condition score post-calving ranges from 2.75 to 3.00 out of 5. Photo: Hans Prinsen

09-06-2023 | Article

Ketosis in dairy cows: do’s and don’ts

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

31-05-2023 | 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

24-05-2023 | News

Tech to boost cow health on New York dairy farms

Pathogens & Prevention - key strategies for healthy livestock

Sunita van Es Sahota, editor special projects

29-06-2020 | Expert opinion

Staying vigilant against diseases

A digital pen and a smartphone can be used with a visitors book for an easy solution to generate useful on-farm information. Photo: Carlos Piñeiro

29-06-2020 | Article

New paradigms for disease prevention

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