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Locomotion scoring in dairy cows

Veterinary Record, 2019
I read with interest the recent research paper on locomotion scoring of dairy cows by Volkmann and others,1 which was summarised in the 16 February issue of Vet Record . As Lambertz commented in the associated research comment …
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Ruminal acidosis in dairy cows

Veterinary Record, 2013
WE would like to report an unusual outbreak of ruminal acidosis in freshly calved dairy cows. The affected herd of 200 cows is located in south Ayrshire and experienced four similar cases over a period of 10 days. All four cases had appeared well before calving and had been in a calving pen for a few consecutive nights where a camera allowed for easy ...
Stephen, Raphael, Helen, Carty
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Tackling mastitis in dairy cows

Nature Biotechnology, 2005
Transgenic cows expressing an antibacterial endopeptidase in their mammary glands show enhanced resistance to mastitis.
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Fatty Liver in Dairy Cows

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, 1988
An increase in liver fat concentration during the peripartum period is extremely common in dairy cows and, to some degree, is probably normal. When severe, it is associated with clinical problems including increased morbidity and mortality and reduced breeding efficiency.
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Body score of dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Research, 1998
During the last two decades the traditional subjective appraisal of the body fat stores in farm animals, made by eye and touch, has been rationalized by the introduction of numerical systems of rating specific anatomical points.Palpation of the lumbar vertebrae, the pin and hook bones (tail head) (Lowman et al.
W H, Broster, V J, Broster
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Dairy cow mortality

Cattle Practice, 2014
Adult dairy cow deaths contribute significantly to the involuntary cull rate and wastage within the UK dairy industry. We undertook an analysis of all adult dairy cow post mortem examinations carried out at all eight SAC Consulting: Veterinary Services (SACCVS) Disease Surveillance Centres (DSC) across Scotland between 2008 and 2013.
Oliver, L. A., Mason, C., Howie, F.
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Subclinical Ketosis in Dairy Cows

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, 1988
Subclinical ketosis is defined as a preclinical stage of ketosis. The peak prevalence of subclinical ketosis occurs during the fourth week of lactation. Herd-related factors, breed, parity, and season are other important determinants. Subclinical ketosis can be revealed by determining levels of plasma glucose, plasma NEFA and blood, and milk or urine ...
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Udder singeing in dairy cows

Veterinary Record, 2006
SIR, – I would like to warn other practitioners about the over-zealous use of gas equipment for singeing udders. Singeing has become a popular way of trimming excess hair from the udders of dairy cows.
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Magnesium status of dairy cows

New Zealand Veterinary Journal, 1985
Abstract Extract Madam:– Magnesium has been identified as an important mineral in the nutrition of dairy eows and reeent findings in New Zealand(1) emphasize this importance. For example, a large survey of dairy animals(2) showed one-third of almost one million cows could be suffering from hypomagnesemia.
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Mastitis in Dairy Cows

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, 2018
Pamela L, Ruegg   +1 more
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