Nigel B Cook,Murray Jelinski,Sarah E Erickson
Nigel B Cook
Themes common to beef and dairy cattle in the prevention of claw horn lesions are enhancements to comfort, flooring, and handling practices, and careful use of hoof trimming to unload pressure on the claws, without the removal of excessive ...
Nutritional Challenges Related to Animal Welfare in Feedlot and Dairy Cattle [0.03%]
肉牛和奶牛营养与福利面临的挑战
Tim McAllister,Terry Engle
Tim McAllister
The current article describes select nutritional metabolic disorders that can impact the health and well-being of beef and dairy cattle. These include: Subclinical or clinical acidosis that can lead to rumen, hind gut, or systemic acidosis....
Inmaculada Cuevas-Gómez,José María Sánchez,Bernadette Earley
Inmaculada Cuevas-Gómez
Transitions between production phases are critical periods marked by physiologic, nutritional, and environmental challenges. These challenges increase the risk of diseases that significantly affect welfare, animal performance, and farm effi...
Livestock Veterinarians' Evolving Role in Enhancing Human Animal Interactions [0.03%]
兽医在促进人与动物互动中的作用日益重要
Michelle S Calvo-Lorenzo,Mariana Guerra-Maupome,Kurt D Vogel et al.
Michelle S Calvo-Lorenzo et al.
Research on the quality of human-animal interactions (HAIs) supports that there are direct and indirect impacts to HAIs, which can exert positive or negative effects on ruminant behavior, productivity, reproduction, and welfare. Ensuring th...
Anthony Tarpoff,Zachary Smith,Micheal Brouk
Anthony Tarpoff
Animal health, well-being, and productivity are directly impacted by environmental extremes. The outdoor environment in which minimal excess energy requirements are used to maintain body temperature is often referred to as the thermoneutral...
Lily Edwards-Callaway,Karen Schwartzkopf-Genswein
Lily Edwards-Callaway
Lily N Edwards-Callaway,Genaro C Miranda de la Lama,Daniela M Meléndez et al.
Lily N Edwards-Callaway et al.
Even under optimal conditions, the transportation of livestock can be a stressful experience for the animals, with the potential to affect their welfare. Veterinarians play a key role in working with producers to ensure best practices are f...
Hubert J Karreman,Meggan V Hain
Hubert J Karreman
Practitioners who understand the needs of organic dairy clients better will retain those clients in the long run. Veterinarians can help these organic clients most effectively by applying historical and current alternative treatments of mas...
Assessment of Milking Equipment in Relation to Milk Quality Issues - Including Automatic Milking Systems [0.03%]
与牛奶质量相关的挤奶设备评估-包括自动化挤奶系统
Rick Watters,Paul Virkler
Rick Watters
A properly installed and maintained milking machine creates a minimal risk in causing mastitis. There are detailed processes available to evaluate the milking machine and determine if the milking machine is creating a risk for machine induc...
Vengai Mavangira
Vengai Mavangira
Bovine mastitis remains the most costly disease in the dairy industry due to its impact on milk production, milk quality, and animal welfare. Optimal immunity is essential for the mammary gland to resist infections, efficiently clear them, ...