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By J. Laporta, F.C. Ferreira, V. Ouellet, B. Dado-Senn, A.K. Almeida, A. De Vries, G.E. Dahl

Late-gestation heat stress exerts carryover effects on at least two generations. This quantifies the need for providing heat abatement... Read

By Yo-Han Kim, Rie Nagata, Natsuki Ohtani, Toshihiro Ichijo, Kentaro Ikuta, and Shigeru Sato

This study demonstrated that feeding dietary forage alleviates subacute ruminal acidosis due to diurnal changes in ruminal pH. Read

By Juliana Dias, Marcos Inácio Marcondes, Shirley Motta de Souza, Barbara Cardoso da Mata e Silva, Melline Fontes Noronha, Rafael Tassinari Resende, Fernanda Samarini Machado, Hilário Cuquetto Mantovani, Kimberly A. Dill-McFarland, Garret Suen

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By N. J. Urie, J. E. Lombard, C. B. Shivley, C. A. Kopral, A. E. Adams, T. J. Earleywine, J. D. Olson, and F. B. Garry

If you’re not familiar with this piece, it’s a must-read and an important reference for factors contributing to the mortality and... Read

By Melanie Schären, Kerstin Kiri, Susanne Riede, Mark Gardener, Ulrich Meyer, Jürgen Hummel, Tim Urich, Gerhard Breves, and Sven Dänicke

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By Yo-Han KIM, Noriyuki TOJI, Keiichiro KIZAKI, Kei TAKEMURA, Shiro KUSHIBIKI, Shigeru SATO

In this 2019 paper published in The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science, the authors found feeding the only starter to calves decreases... Read

By X. Song, P. P. J. van der Tol, P. W. G. Groot Koerkamp, and E. A. M. Bokkers

This study demonstrated a low-cost 3D vision system that could automatically and remotely assess the reticulo-ruminal motility of dairy... Read

By Robert D. Stewart, Marc D. Auffret, Amanda Warr, Alan W. Walker, Rainer Roehe, Mick Watson

This work offers a comprehensive analysis of more than 6.5 terabytes of Illumina and Nanopore sequence data, including assembly of... Read

By H. M. Hammon, W. Liermann, D. Frieten, and C. Koch

The authors of this paper posit that a change in early calf management is needed to follow the natural processes of preweaning calf... Read

By D.C. Sockett

Deep nasopharyngeal swabs are a simple and safe technique that has been validated as a way to test for bovine respiratory disease complex... Read

By Yifan Zhong, Mingyuan Xue, Jianxin Liu

This research suggests that specific rumen microbes are altered in cows with high SCCs. Cows with high SCCs showed lowered milk and... Read

By Elie Jami, Adi Israel, Assaf Kotser & Itzhak Mizrahi

The authors of this 2013 Nature publication describe the changes occurring in the rumen ecosystem after birth. Read

The cornerstone of ruminant health and performance is the rumen, where forage and feed are converted into energy and microbial protein thanks to the activity of the rumen microflora: bacteria, protozoa and fungi.

When the rumen microbiota is challenged, a ruminal microbial imbalance occurs which impairs fiber digestion, increases acidosis risk, and may trigger inflammation which negatively impacts digestive comfort and well-being.