Livestock Workshops: transition nutrition for the dairy herd

Dairy cattle are metabolic athletes. Energy requirements for the average dairy cow double from a week before calving to just after calving. It is important to emphasise just how great the energy...

Clinical findings from 218 downer cow cases in dairy cows from Gippsland, Australia

Downer cows, defined as bright, alert and responsive cows that have been recumbent for at least 1 day, are challenging for many veterinarians (Eddy, 2004). They can be difficult to examine and the...