Dairy Herd Health
Researchers at Moorepark Dairy Production Research Centre have recently started a new herd health programme, which aims to prepare Irish dairy farmers for the biosecurity challenges of herd expansion. This article, a product of the Irish Agriculture...

Is Testing Cows for Disease Resistance a Practical Tool for Managing Health in Dairy Cows?
By Jason De La Paz, Art Donovan, Fiona Maunsell, Maureen Long, Pedro Melendez and Timothy Olson, of the University of Florida, in conjunction with Bonnie Mallard and Armando Hernandez of the University of Guelph. This feature is taken from the proceedings...

High Plains Dairy Conference
By the High Plains Dairy Organisation. This page features the proceedings taken from the High Plains Dairy Conference. To view any of the features please click on the links provided below.

Preventing Social Stress in Cattle in Feed Bunks
By Welfare Quality^®, an EU-funded research project designed to integrate farm animal welfare into the food chain. Animal welfare can be a difficult concept to pin down, and many people have their own personal views.

Learning & Profiting from Animal Welfare Trends
New definitions and expectations surrounding welfare also carry strong value-added opportunities for the livestock industry, says Dr. John Webster in the proceedings from the Livestock...

Reducing Lameness in Dairy Cows
Lameness in dairy cows is one of the issues being tackled by Welfare Quality^®, an EU-funded research project designed to integrate farm animal welfare into the food chain by developing reliable on-farm welfare assessment systems and practical...

Controlling BVDV - First Steps
Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus (BVDV) has a severe economic impact on both dairy and beef businesses, writes Chris Harris, Senior Editor, TheCattleSite.

Use of Vaccinations and Other Veterinary Treatments in Organic Livestock Farming
Farmers (in Australia), who wish to certify their farm’s produce as ‘organic’ must in the first instance meet the requirements of the National Standard for Organic and Bio-dynamic Produce, according to Robyn Neeson, Organic Farming Liaison Officer, at...

Preventing Horn Flies Bleeding Profits
By Chris Harris, Senior Editor, TheCattleSite. Problems with horn flies on cattle in the US have been estimated to cost production losses of $730 million a year.

Pest and Disease Occurences - Update on the European Animal Situation
By USDA FAS GAIN Files. Foot and Mouth Disease, Bluetongue and Avian Influenza have developed beyond expectations in 2007. The impact on markets has, however, been limited to mostly smaller, temporarily intra-EU disruptions. These disease outbreaks...

Bovine Trichomoniasis - a venereal disease of cattle
By Charles L. Stoltenow (DVM, DACVPM, NDSU Animal Science, Extension Veterinarian) and Neil W. Dyer (DVM, MS, DACVP, NDSU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Director).

NADIS Cattle Veterinary Report and Forecast – November 2007
This is a monthly report from the National Animal Disease Information Service (NADIS), looking at the data collected from their UK farm inspections

Epidemiological Report On The UK Outbreak
Issued by Defra. This is an initial Epidemiological Report On The Outbreak Of Bluetongue In East Anglia And South East England From Investigations Completed To 19 October 2007.

University of Minnesota Dairy Days-2007
This article lists the Proceedings & Presentations given at the University of Minnesota Dairy Days-2007 and provides links to the respective articles.

Heat Stress In Dairy Cows: Implications And Nutritional Management
By Lallemand Animal Nutrition. Dairy cows are very sensitive to heat stress, which has a significant economic impact for the farmer: not only loss of productivity and milk quality (increased somatic cells count), but also health related problems.