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Trace minerals are required for essentially all biochemical processes in the body. Many of these minerals are dietary essentials for optimal growth, physiologic function and productivity in animals.
“When it boils down to it, as one veterinarian put it at AABP, ‘Veterinarians have made our living responding to death, disease and destruction.’ We need to change that model,” Jennifer Walker said at the 2015 Western Canadian Dairy Seminar in Red Deer, Alberta.
Learn how to reduce lameness in your herd from hoof trimming expert Vic Daniel, owner of Vic’s Custom Clips in Arva, Ontario, and president of the Hoof Trimmers Association.
The transition period is a critical time. As the fetus requires maximum nutrients from the cow, the cow’s dry matter intake decreases by 10 to 30 percent – in addition to the onset of lactation.
When it comes to mastitis, everyone agrees that nowadays, along with lameness, it is the disease with the greatest economic impact on dairy farms. This applies here in Canada, as indeed everywhere.
Hoof health remains one of the most critical issues for dairy farmers today. Mobility is directly tied to hoof health, and it behooves (pun intended) dairy farmers and veterinarians to do all they can to promote hoof health, including identifying and treating hoof issues.
Making milk is a lot of work, which is why it is important to provide a comfortable environment for the dairy cow, especially as temperatures rise. In fact, research shows that when cows spends more time resting and ruminating, they are better able to maintain milk production during times of heat stress.
Although milk production is the main and obvious focus of the dairy industry, a secondary but equally important component of the dairy business is the production and marketing of beef cattle resulting from surplus bull calves and cull cows.
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