If breeding is progressing in the right direction, the youngest animals should have the highest genetic merit (García-Ruiz et al, 2016). However, there is likely to be variation across the population....
Small prevalence and risk factor studies from the Netherlands and Sweden—countries with broadly similar climates and dairy production systems to the UK—have been published. In the Dutch study, 5.2% of...
It is not usually possible to determine the aetiology of BRD based on clinical examination alone; signs consistent with pneumonia are often observed irrespective of the causative agent. Both bacterial...
Primary infection with BoHV-1 results in local dissemination as the virus spreads from cell to cell across the mucosal surface, either in the respiratory or reproductive tract mucosa. It has proved...
Milk is drawn from each quarter of the udder into a corresponding well in the paddle (Figure 1). Excess milk is drained away by tilting the paddle until approximately 3 ml of milk is left in each...
For the sake of this article, short-term risk factors of dystocia are those that occur from the point of conception. The author will discuss these chronologically, starting with the breeding of the...
A questionnaire of UK farmers who reared dairy calves commercially was carried out in 2020, and had 216 responses (Mahendran et al, 2022). A key finding wasthe recognition of the low level of regular...
Interest in cow-calf contact systems is growing, yet limited research had been focused on cowcalf contact in a pasture setting. A study by Johanssen et al (2024) (10.1016/j.livsci.2024.105502) aimed...
