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Animal, 2010 This study used individual weekly results for 160 non-lactating Holstein–Friesian dairy cows in the last 5 weeks of gestation to develop regression equations based on forage NDF content and individual body condition score (BCS) for predicting dry matter (
R.J. Dewhurst +2 more
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A Feasibility Study on the Use of a Structured Light Depth-Camera for Three-Dimensional Body Measurements of Dairy Cows in Free-Stall Barns [PDF]
, 2018 Frequent checks on livestock\u2019s body growth can help reducing problems related to cow infertility or other welfare implications, and recognizing health\u2019s anomalies. In the last ten years, optical methods have been proposed to extract information
Guarino, Marcella +3 more
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Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.This study aimed to investigate the effects of cellulase and Lactobacillus plantarum on the silage quality, in situ digestibility, and microbial communities of apple pomace silage. The combined supplementation of cellulase and Lactobacillus plantarum in apple pomace silage improved fermentation quality and enhanced rumen utilization efficiency.
Zhuangzhuang Liu +4 more
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Calculation of multiple-trait sire reliability for traits included in a dairy cattle fertility index [PDF]
, 2004 The advent of genetic evaluations for fertility traits in the UK offers valuable information to farmers that can be used to control fertility problems and safeguard against involuntary culling.
Banos, Georgios +5 more
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Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.Unregulated inflammation increases non‐esterified fatty acids (NEFAs), and triggers multi‐pathway hepatocyte damage including oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and metabolic disorders in dairy cows. ABSTRACT Circulating concentrations of nonesterified fatty acids (NEFAs) are elevated due to lipid mobilization from adipose tissue in ...
Siqing Mao +12 more
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Animals, 2020 Resource efficient winter-feeding of mature pregnant beef cows requires knowledge of how different roughage-based feeding strategies affect cow intake and energy status.
Mikaela Jardstedt +4 more
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Adding value to cull cow beef [PDF]
, 2009 End of project reportThis project addressed the prospects of increasing the value of cull cow beef and examined the potential of a number of different management and dietary strategies.
Buckley, Frank +4 more
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Evaluation and optimal utilisation of the international linear type classification schemes [PDF]
, 2007 End of project reportThe authors would like to acknowledge the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation for access to their excellent database for use in this study and to the Irish Holstein-Friesian Association for financial support of this studyThe main ...
Berry, Donagh
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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
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Assessing cow health condition by using the recent Cowdition Smartphone App and its correlation with vital clinical parameters [PDF]
Mirror of Research in Veterinary Sciences and Animals, 2017 Highly productive milk cows suffer from increasing loss in body condition at early lactation, and are more prone to metabolic disorders. Recent Cowdition smartphone application has the ability to determine animal health situation and it is called body ...
Al Salihi K. A +2 more
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