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Research Documents
4.4 COW COMFORT IN FREESTALLS (OCT 2018)
The effects of freestall changes on cow comfort have yet to be reported...
4.3 Body Condition Score (Sep 2018 – Colazo)
Body condition score (BCS) is a management tool to assess body fat stores in the ...
4.2 Lameness Reduction Initiative (Aug 2018 – Solano)
Lameness in dairy cattle is a clinical sign of pain that causes a cow to ...
3.8 Novel Fertility Traits (Sep 2016 – Gobi)
High fertility and milk production are key factors for profitability in dairy farms worldwide.
3.7 Foot Lesions (Aug 2016 – Orsel)
Over the last years our group at UCVM has increased its research focus on lameness ...
3.5 MAP Strains (Jun 2016 – de Buck)
Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) is the bacterial cause of Johne's disease (JD) in cattle.
3.4 Bovine Luekemia Virus (May 2016 – Alessa)
Leukosis, also known as Enzootic Bovine Leukemia Virus (BLV).
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 ...
2.2 Gut Microbiome (Aug 2015 – Guan)
Diarrhea in the newborn calf is the major cause of death in pre-weaned calves, accounting ...
2.1 Improving Trait Selection (July 2015 – Nayeri)
Milk production and fertility are two important traits that affect overall efficiency and profitability in ...
1.10 Uterine Health (Dec 2014 – Ametaj)
Reproduction failure is the number one cause for culling of dairy cows in Canada.