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Adapted by Deanne Meyer, Livestock Waste Management Specialist and Trish Price, Staff Research Associate Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis There are numerous steps that need to occur in order to obtain useful lab results.
Adapted by Gerald E. Higginbotham, UCCE Fresno/Madera Counties Now is the time to examine what changes can be made on the dairy to lessen the impacts of hot weather on dairy cows.
Adapted by Noelia Silva-del-Ro, UCCE Tulare Feeding your calves cow's milk supplemented with milk replacer powder may have some side effects. Adding milk replacer powder to milk increases the caloric content of the final milk and makes it more concentrated (hypertonic).
Adapted by Noelia Silva-del-Ro, UCCE Tulare County; and Pete Kistler, DVM; and Betsy Karle, UCCE Glenn County A survey of tail docking practices in California dairies was conducted in February 2009.
Adapted by Larry Schwankl, UCCE Irrigation Specialist, Carol Frate, UCCE Tulare Forage Advisor, Deanne Meyer, UCCE Livestock Waste Management Specialist Nutrient management deals with the nutrients applied to a crop, so why are irrigation practices of concern?
Adapted by Gerald Higginbotham, UCCE Fresno/Madera Counties If you are currently purchasing corn silage for your dairy, you should consider buying (or selling) forages on the basis of their moisture or dry matter (DM) content.
Adapted by Alejandro R. Castillo, UCCE Merced County Minerals are essential in dairy cow diets for normal lactation performance (milk yield, animal health, and reproduction). But, animal mineral requirements are variable and depend on the animals productivity.
Adapted by Carol Collar, UCCE Kings County The following article is a summary of information presented by Dr. Robert Fetsch, a professor at Colorado State University. The presentation was made at the Western Dairy Management Conference last March. You can read Dr.
Adapted by Betsy Karle, UCCE Glenn/Tehama Counties As the real heat of summer approaches, we take the opportunity to review the needs of our dairies future - heifer calves.
