Availability of glucose precursors and a proper interorgan coordination during the metabolic cascade of adaptations occurring during periods of lower DMI, are the vital importance to achieve a successful transition from ...

Dairy producers are faced with a multitude of challenges regarding dairy cattle production. One such challenge common for cows fed whole-plant corn silage (WPCS) is the often negative effect of fungi. Fungi affect WPCS ...

Understanding the role that stress plays on livestock health and production is of utmost importance in today’s agricultural industry. In particular, dairy cattle face many stressful conditions that have an impact on lactation ...

Milk proteins (more specifically whey proteins) typically are the primary component of milk replacers (MR) and have been considered to be the gold standard for calves, because the lack of anti-nutritional factors and high ...

Feeding a negative dietary cation-anion difference (DCAD) diet in the prepartum phase been associated with increased biological active blood Ca levels (ionized Calcium; iCa) in the first days postpartum, linked with decrease ...