alternative bedding

Controlling bedding pathogens can reduce environmental mastitis

Recycled manure as bedding is an inexpensive and sustainable option. It is also an option that does not put the cows at greater risk for mastitis and higher somatic cell count when mastitis-causing pathogens can be safely and effectively controlled.

April 30, 2024

Ben Saylor

Controlling pathogen outgrowth in recycled manure bedding is possible. When a bacillus-based bedding additive was tested on-farm, a significant reduction in bulk tank SCC and mastitis cases was noticed.

3 options de litières alternatives lorsque l’offre est limitée

November 1, 2022

Melissa A. Bravo

Dans le monde entier, de nombreuses exploitations familiales se sont rabattues sur l'autosuffisance « fait maison » dans les dernières années puisque les infrastructures de transport et de distribution des produits agricoles ont été perturbées par les impacts économiques de la COVID-19.

3 alternative bedding options when supplies are tight

August 12, 2020

Melissa A. Bravo

Globally, many family farms fell back on “DIY self-sufficiency” in the wake of infrastructure disruptions of transporting agriculture goods due to COVID-19 economics.

Making the best bed: Pros and cons of bedding options

March 31, 2019

Kim Clark

Bedding choice directly influences cow comfort, but the decision on which material to put underneath cows must consider several other factors, such as cost, availability, ease of handling, udder health, pathogen growth and more.

Control what’s growing in your bedding

March 31, 2019

Stephanie Jens and Renato J. Schmidt

Using dried manure solids for bedding is becoming more common among U.S. dairy herds. It allows farms an alternative way to handle manure, and it can help offset bedding costs – a large expense on many dairy farms.

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Controlling bedding pathogens can reduce environmental mastitis

3 options de litières alternatives lorsque l’offre est limitée

3 alternative bedding options when supplies are tight

Making the best bed: Pros and cons of bedding options

Control what’s growing in your bedding

Accelerating livestock methane mitigation and monitoring technologies

Increasing metabolizable protein supply: A strategy to increase early lactation performance

Dairying in Colombia: Grazing cows contending with subclinical hypocalcemia

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