Health

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

DSM-Firmenich launches with animal health unit

10-05-2023 | 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

03-05-2023 | Article

Heat stress in dairy cows housed in confinement systems

12-04-2023 | 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

11-04-2023 | News

Technology to improve cow welfare during calving

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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