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Economic and epidemiological impact of different intervention strategies for clinical contagious mastitis
Discipline: mastitis; Key words: treatment, culling, cow-specific, simulation model.
The cost-benefit of genomic testing of heifers and using sexed semen in pasture-based dairy herds.
Discipline: breeding; Key words: genomic testing, rate of genetic gain, sexed semen
Factors associated with profitability in pasture-based systems of milk production
Discipline: economics; Key words: dairy system, pasture-based milk production, cost control, profit
Bifidobacterium bifidum YIT 10347 fermented milk exerts beneficial effects on gastrointestinal discomfort and symptoms in healthy adults: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study.
Discipline: dairy & health; Key words: probiotics, functional dyspepsia, gastro-intestinal symptom, healthy adult.
Interrelations between the rumen microbiota and production, behavioral, rumen fermentation, metabolic, and immunological attributes of dairy cows.
Discipline: fermentation/digestion; Key words: rumen microbiota, feed efficiency, behavior, PCA
Milk progesterone on day 5 following insemination in the dairy cow: associated metabolic variables and reproductive consequences.
Discipline: reproduction; Key words:conception rate, dairy cow, leptin, metabolic variables, milk progesterone.
Impact of cows’ milk estrogen on cancer risk.
Discipline: dairy &health; Key words: oestrogens, dairy products, endometrial cancer, nutrients, meta-analysis.
Differential effects of a single dose of oral calcium based on postpartum plasma calcium concentration in Holstein cows.
Discipline: hypocalcaemia; Key words: oral calcium bolus, subclinical hypocalcaemia, transition cow.
Addition of meloxicam to the treatment of bovine clinical mastitis results in a net economic benefit to the dairy farmer.
Discipline: mastitis; Key words: bovine clinical mastitis, fertility, economics, animal health management.
Evaluation and validation of an automatic jaw movement recorder (RumiWatch) for ingestive and rumination behaviours of dairy cows during grazing and supplementation.
Discipline: behaviour; Key words: automatic jaw movement recorder, grazing behaviour, validation.