Articles Tagged with ''transition period''
Benefits of this reproductive probiotic include reduction in post-calving uterine infections, lower milk fever rates and reduction in retained placentas.
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New strategies to prevent milk fever
Feeding dairy cows zeolite A prepartum has been explored as a feeding strategy to reduce hypocalcemia and prevent clinical milk fever.
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Modulation of transition cow inflammation: Before or after calving?
Proactive and applicable strategies to modulate inflammation can help dairy producers improve cow health and performance while management is adjusted.
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Improved fertility outcomes start with healthy fresh cows
A healthy cow is a fertile cow. Ensuring your cows are healthy through the transition phase can improve first-service conception rates.
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Managing the transition period for maximum success
Avoiding overconditioned cows at time of dry-off and replacing inorganic trace mineral salts with organic trace minerals can help make the transition period successful.
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Trucs et astuces pour l’alimentation au robot des vaches en transition
Un solide plan d’alimentation et de gestion des vaches en transition vers un système de traite automatisée joue un rôle crucial dans le succès de la lactation d’une vache.
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Best practices for transition cow success
Feedbunk management, stocking density, pen moves and lockup times all influence transition cow success.
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Shorter dry periods, monitoring BCS is key to transition cow period
Recent research looks at facts and fiction for transition cow management.
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Managing shrink losses in marketing efforts
Pre-sale weight loss is often a largely ignored or misunderstood concept of marketing. While some aspects are out of a producer’s control, others can be affected by management practices, negotiation tactics, scheduling, feeding, low-stress handling and preconditioning.
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Increasing longevity, shortening calving interval and focusing on milk quality brought these herds to the top in 2022
Each area of Lactanet's Herd Performance Index helps producers measure their growth and areas of need.
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