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Suboptimal reproductive performance leads to extended days open, increased culling due to reproductive failure, and decreased milk yield.
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August 4th 2011
Dairy Basics
Traditional bacterial culture has been the "gold standard" method for the identification of mastitis-causing bacteria for many years.However, traditional culture is a slow and time-consuming process that allows dairy cattle with subclinical or clinical mastitis to commingle with their herdmates, potentially allowing for the spread of contagious mastitis bacteria.
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Dairy Economics
Herds of more than 1,000 dairy cows now produce 50% of milk in the USA.
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Reproduction & Breeding
Over the last 10 years there has been a big emphasis put on growing heifer calves faster and better in order to maximize performance and health of the animal over its lifetime. On a positive note, the acceptance of this idea has grown amongst dairy producers. However, one negative thing that has come from this is that these bigger heifers are not being bred early enough in many situations to take full advantage of the more aggressive calf growth
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Herd Health
The importance of navel and umbilical care in newborn calves has been well documented and can be summed up in three key steps: 1. A clean and dry calving area 2. Disinfection of navels 3. Providing adequate colostrum
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Feed & Nutrition
Over the last few decades, ration balancing tools and product development technologies have improved exponentially. We also have a greater understanding of the cow's biology and dietary needs.
This understanding has led to simple, yet highly effective, nutritional products that enhance animal performance – rumen buffers, protected fats and yeast derivatives – merely being added on top of the existing diet.
These products are known as "feed additives." But what about more complex product technologies such as rumen-protected amino acids?
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Market Prices
WHILE farmgate milk prices increased by an average 5 per cent during the 2010/11 milk year, the commodity markets indicator, AMPE, showed a 31 per cent rise.
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