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Research Documents
4.1 Corn Silage (Jul 2018 – Beauchemin)
Corn silage can be a good alternative to small grain silage for dairy cows because ...
3.6 Calf Nutrition (Jul 2016 – Haisan)
Current dairy calf research is focused on offering 8 L of milk per day, in comparison ...
3.5 MAP Strains (Jun 2016 – de Buck)
Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) is the bacterial cause of Johne's disease (JD) in cattle.
3.3 Barley Digestibility (Mar 2016 – Oba)
Growing high quality forage is a key factor to maintain productivity of high producing dairy ...
3.2 Feeding Frequency (Feb 2016 – Macmillan)
Sub-acute ruminal acidosis (SARA) is a metabolic disease mainly found in high producing cows fed ...
3.1 HCD (Jan 2016 – Beavers)
This summer, German researchers discovered a new haplotype in the Holstein breed that is unlike ...
2.4 Mycotoxins (Nov 2015 – Boehmer)
Wikipedia defines a mycotoxin as "a toxic secondary metabolite produced by organisms of the fungi ...
2.3 DRTC Calf Facility (Nov 2015 – Haisan)
There is growing interest in shifting management practices for dairy calves in order to improve ...
1.6 Residual Feed Intake (Jun 2014 – Wang)
Feed costs represent a large proportion of the variable costs in a dairy production operation ...
1.5 Essential AA (May 2014 – Doepel)
Dairy cows are only 25-35% efficient at converting dietary protein to milk protein.
1.4 Flaxseed & Repro (April 2014 – Ambrose)
Due to their caloric density, dietary fats may reduce the harmful negative energy balance that ...
1.3 Fat Production (Mar 2014 – Oba)
Feeding more grain in the rations of lactating dairy cows may be an effective approach ...