ABSTRACT During 2012, 91 faecal samples were collected from 15 dairy herds with known sanitary status, and analysed by faecal culture and qPCR in parallel for detection of Mycobacterium avium…
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Summary The overall prevalence of subclinical ketosis after calving was 31% across 47 herds. Cows with subclinical ketosis had a higher risk of clinical ketosis (2.8x), displaced abomasum (5.4x),…
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RESUMEN En este estudio se evalúa la producción de carne de buey joven, comparando las dos razas autóctonas de Asturias, la Asturiana de los Valles (AV) y la Asturiana de…
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RESUMEN En este ensayo se analizaron las repercusiones del nivel de alimentación durante la lactación y la recría sobre el crecimiento y la entrada en pubertad y sobre los rendimientos…
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Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate the feeding process based on-farm observations and software data in one farm located in Tulare County (CA, US). The on-farm assessment…
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Several different nutritional strategies are employed for dry cows in order to prepare them for lactation. The primary objective of this study was to compare 3 different strategies and measure…
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Background Heat stress in dairy cattle is a common problem in many areas of the world at least in some months of the year. The main consequences of heat stress…
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When the production of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) overwhelms the neutralizing capacity of antioxidants, Oxidative Stress (OS) can develop. This plays a key role in the initiation, progression and maintenance…
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Abstract The aim of the present study is to analyze the causes for culling Holstein dairy cattle using data from Galicia´s Dairy Herd Improvement Program (DHIP). The information of this…
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Abstract The results of three welfare assessment protocols have been correlated with the Welfare Quality® assessment protocol on 60 dairy farms in the Netherlands. After adaptations to the WQ protocol,…
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RESUMEN Este trabajo se ha llevado a cabo a partir de las 2.225 peritaciones realizadas en los animales siniestrados durante los años 2.011, 2.012 y 2013 en explotaciones intensivas de…
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Abstract Housing and, specifically, bedding are of utmost importance for health, productivity and longevity of dairy cattle. “Compost bedding” (CB) is an alternative way of loose-housing that is currently being…
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Abstract The objective of the study was to compare the climate conditions of 7 dairy farms with the climate recorded at the closest official meteorological station. Ambient temperature (AT), relative…
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Abstract Hyperkalaemia is a clinically important electrolyte imbalance in neonatal diarrhoeic calves that was traditionally attributed to concomitant acidaemia and was associated with skeletal muscle weakness and life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias.…
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Summary In this work a preventive treatment for newborn calves born with congenital anomalies of myelodysplasia in the valley of Liébana is proposed. In two previous studies, the etiology of…
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