Genetic evaluation of fertility using direct and correlated traits [PDF]
Poor fertility has become a major reason for involuntary culling of dairy cows in the United Kingdom. Calving interval (CI) and body condition score (BCS) are recorded, heritable, genetically correlated with each other, and could be used to extend the ...
Coffey, M.P. +14 more
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Considerations on Cattle Stock and Cow Fresh Milk Production in the EU Countries
The paper aimed to analyze the evolution of cattle stock and cow milk production in order to point out the main trends and differences between the EU-27 member states in the period 2004-2008.
Agatha Popescu
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The Effect of Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin on Patterns of Milk Production, Lactational Milk Estimates and Net Farm Income [PDF]
Bovine somatoropin (bST) alters total milk production and production patterns in dairy cows and understanding the economic benefits of bST for the dairy producer are critical.
Lloyd, James W. +2 more
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Phenotypic effects of calving ease on the subsequent fertility and milk production of dam and calf in UK Holstein-Friesian heifers [PDF]
The effect of calving ease on the fertility and production performance of both dam and calf was studied in approximately 50,000 and 10,000 UK Holstein-Friesian heifers and heifer calves, respectively. The first objective of this study was to estimate the
Coffey, M.P. +14 more
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Milk Nitrogenous Components as Measured by Near Infrared Spectroscopy-study on the repeatability for Predicting Different Population Samples [PDF]
The study on the use of near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) analysis for measuring milk nitrogenous components (crude protein, true protein, casein and milk urea nitrogen (MUN)) was carried out using one hundred seventy milk samples collected ...
Agung PURNOMOADI +17 more
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Quantifying Economic Losses due to Milk Fever in Dairy Farms [PDF]
Milk fever, a metabolic disease, affects dairy animals usually within one or two days after calving, resulting in a huge reduction in milk production and thus becomes economically most important.
Thirunavukkarasu, M. +3 more
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Milk Price Recovery or Not: Feeding and Management Strategies Facing Different Scenarios [PDF]
This presentation, which was given on February 16th during the 71st Annual Convention : 2017 Virginia State Feed Association & Nutritional Management “Cow” College, discusses big practices affecting milk prices, yearly changes in milk production, average
St-Pierre, Normand
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Comparative lipidomics analysis of different-sized fat globules in sheep and cow milks
The effect of milk fat globule (MFG) size and species (sheep versus cow) on the lipid and protein compositions of sheep and cow milks was studied. The MFGs in raw cow and sheep milks were separated into six significantly different-sized (1.5–5.5 μm ...
Zheng Pan +5 more
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Improving Dairy Production in Indonesia: Comparative Lessons from India and the United States [PDF]
This study aims to illuminate the importance of high milk- producing cows and their effects on farmers and the environment. Secondary data from the annual dairy production period of 2023 to 2024 are used from the United States, India, and Indonesia. Both
Saputra Firmansyah Tri +4 more
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Trends in milk production, calving rate and survival of cows in 14 Irish dairy herds as a result of the introgression of Holstein-Friesian genes [PDF]
peer-reviewedTrends in milk production, calving rates, and survival were monitored on a potential 5580 primiparous and multiparous Holstein-Friesian dairy cows across 14 Irish seasonal spring-calving dairy farms between the years 1990 and 2001. Over this
V. Ducrocq +13 more
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