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  1. If Cows Make Their Own B-vitamins, Should We Worry About Supplementing Them? – Part II

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-6/if-cows-make-their-own-b-vitamins-should-we-worry

    Introduction In part 1, we introduced the fundamentals of B-vitamin nutrition for dairy cows. Ruminants have ... own personal source of B-vitamins. When we consider that microbes supply dairy cattle with B-vitamins, ... beneficial, for dairy cows. How to Supplement B-vitamins? The rumen degradation of B-vitamins is different for ...

  2. Starter Success for Dairy Calves

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-6/starter-success-dairy-calves

    benefits of this approach is that calves can learn feeding behaviors from each other, leading to improved ... Invited review: Effects of group housing of dairy calves on behavior, cognition, performance, and health. ... J. Dairy Sci. 99:2453–2467. doi: 10.3168/jds.2015-10144. Kertz, A.F., L.F. Reutzel, and J.H. Mahoney. ...

  3. Free Flu Vaccine for Dairy Farmers and Farm Workers

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-6/free-flu-vaccine-dairy-farmers-and-farm-workers

    Jason Hartschuh, Assistant Professor, OSU Extension Field Specialist, Dairy Management and ... than 100,000 doses of seasonal influenza vaccine to 12 states that have had dairy herds test positive ... Dakota, and Texas. All states with dairy herds that have tested positive for H5N1 bird flu were invited to ...

  4. Dairy Dollars: Feed Prices, Nutrient Costs, and Milk Income

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-6/dairy-dollars-feed-prices-nutrient-costs-and-milk

    Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University Feed is the largest cost of production on dairy ... interval (CI) of 21 feed commodities fed on Ohio Dairy Farms (November 18, 2024). Feedstuffs that are ... priced commodities may have a place in a dairy cattle ration; however, it is important to understand the ...

  5. Using Antibiotics on Your Dairy Farm? How to Monitor for Improved Practices

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-6/using-antibiotics-your-dairy-farm-how-monitor

    antimicrobials. On dairy farms, bacterial infections such as mastitis, metritis, diarrhea, respiratory diseases, ... large dairy farms in Ohio and California. The study found substantial differences in AMU among enrolled ... dairy farms. The overall mean treatment ADD was 11.8, with values ranging from 1.7 to 71.6 ADD/1,000 ...

  6. Practical Tips to Improve Calf Welfare in Cold Weather

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-6/practical-tips-improve-calf-welfare-cold-weather

    implementing these strategies, Ohio dairy farmers can help their calves stay healthy and thrive throughout the ...

  7. Winter Calf Management

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-6/winter-calf-management

    Jason Hartschuh, Assistant Professor, OSU Extension Field Specialist, Dairy Management and ...

  8. VOLUME 26: ISSUE 6

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-6

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  9. USDA Publishes Final Rule on Animal Disease Traceability in Regards to Use of Electronic Identification Eartags

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-5/usda-publishes-final-rule-animal-disease

    18 months of age and older, all dairy cattle (including dairy-beef crosses), and all rodeo and ... Resources: USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)   Animal Disease Traceability (ADT) ... rule How to obtain Free RFID Tags for Cattle Additional resources on How to Obtain RFID Tags ...

  10. B-vitamins Basics in Dairy Cattle Nutrition – Part I

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-5/b-vitamins-basics-dairy-cattle-nutrition-%E2%80%93-part-i

    Ruminants, like dairy cattle, are provided B-vitamins by their rumen microbes. Since the rumen microbes ... microbial sources meet the animal’s B-vitamin requirements. As dairy cattle continue to increase their milk ... production, additional B-vitamins may be helpful. Revisiting B-vitamin’s role in the dairy cow is necessary as ...

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