Animal Health and Welfare

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Increased take-off level in automatic milking systems – effects on milk flow, milk yield and milking efficiency at the quarter level.
Effect of body condition change and health status during early lactation on performance and survival of Holstein cows.
ARE WE SERIOUS AND KNOWLEDGEABLE ENOUGH TO EFFECTIVELY LIMIT ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE?
MILKING MACHINE EQUIPMENT AND UDDER HEALTH
Effects of simplified group housing on behavior, welfare, growth performance, and health of preweaned dairy calves on a California dairy.
Influence of fat-to-protein ratio and udder health parameters on the milk urea content of dairy cows.
Effect of prepartum dietary cation-anion difference strategy and level of dietary calcium on postpartum blood calcium status and milk production of multiparous Holstein cows.
Growth performance, faecal scores, and metabolic profiles of neonatal Holstein calves with extended transition milk feeding.
NEOSPOROSIS, THE LITTLE-KNOWN INFECTION CAUSING ABORTION IN DAIRY COWS.
Increasing temperature and pH can facilitate reductions of cephapirin and antibiotic resistance genes in dairy manure slurries
Selective dry cow therapy effect on milk yield and somatic cell count: A retrospective cohort study.
Nutritive value, silage fermentation characteristics, and aerobic stability of grass-legume round-baled silages at differing moisture concentrations with and without manure fertilization and microbial inoculation.
Health-promoting phytonutrients are higher in grass-fed meat and milk
HEAT STRESS IN COWS – EFFECTS AND CONSEQUENCES
HEAT STRESS RELATED FACTORS AFFECTING DAIRY COWS
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES OF THE DAIRY INDUSTRY 2026-2029
THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT MILK REPLACERS ON CALF GROWTH ECONOMY
Inflammatory status in Holstein and Montbéliarde cows during the periparturient period and sequential feed restriction challenges.
Effects of supplemental calcium gluconate embedded in a hydrogenated fat matrix on lactation, digestive, and metabolic variables in dairy cattle.
Predictors of diarrhea, mortality, and weight gain in male dairy calves.
A history of facial eczema (pithomycotoxicosis) research.
IMPROVING CALF WELFARE
529/2024: Control of Chlorine and Hypochlorite Residues in the Dairy Chain
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE FUNGUS INFESTING RYEGRASS PASTURES.
LAMENESS ON SELECTED FARMS IN THE EASTERN CAPE AND KZN