Jerseys have their own requirements and different nutritional challenges that we must consider when formulating rations.

Producers are encouraged to work with their management team to identify risk factors that may lead to this mid-lactation down cow syndrome.

Our study demonstrates that incorporating probiotics as a preventive measure is an innovative approach to proactively prevent and fight diseases, surpassing the need for antibiotics once symptoms arise.

It is a pretty exciting time in the field of milk fever prevention. New products, new strategies and new research are here – giving dairy producers more options to prevent milk fever and subclinical hypocalcemia. 

Research has indicated that intravenous calcium infusion disrupts blood calcium concentrations in the hours following infusion.

When transition cow complications are prevented, avoided or caught quickly, cows are left with a better opportunity to be productive and successful in their lactation.

Feeding a prepartum ration with a negative dietary cation-anion difference (DCAD) minimizes the risk of both clinical and subclinical hypocalcemia.