Production diseases reduce the efficiency of dairy production: A review of the results, methods, and approaches regarding the economics of mastitis

H Hogeveen, W Steeneveld… - Annual review of resource …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Mastitis is the most important production disease in dairy farming, leading to considerable
inefficiency in production. In 1992, an important paper describing a simple but very useful …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of the effects of heat stress on milk and component yields and somatic cell score in Holstein and Jersey cows

DL Smith, T Smith, BJ Rude, SH Ward - Journal of dairy science, 2013 - Elsevier
The objectives of this retrospective study were to (1) investigate the effects of heat stress
(HS) climatic conditions and breed on milk and component yield for Holstein and Jersey …

Effect of somatic cell count on milk yield and composition of first and second lactation dairy cows

M Cinar, U Serbester, A Ceyhan… - Italian Journal of Animal …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This study was carried out to investigate the effect of somatic cell count (SCC) on milk yield
and milk composition in first and second lactation Holstein dairy cows. Thirty cows in first …

Enhancing individual animal resilience to environmental disturbances to address low productivity in dairy cattle performing in sub-Saharan Africa

RD Oloo, JMK Ojango, CC Ekine-Dzivenu… - Frontiers in Animal …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The current review examines potential solutions to enhance the sustainability and
productivity of the dairy sector in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with an emphasis on breeding …

Antimicrobial resistance of major bacterial pathogens from dairy cows with high somatic cell count and clinical mastitis

RD Abdi, BE Gillespie, S Ivey, GM Pighetti, RA Almeida… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Mastitis is the most prevalent disease of dairy cattle that causes significant
economic losses. Different agents cause mastitis which leads to increased somatic cell …

The effects of somatic cell count on milk yield and milk composition in Holstein cows

E Kul, A Şahin, S Atasever, E Uğurlutepe… - Veterinarski arhiv, 2019 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak This study was conducted to assess the impact of somatic cell count (SCC) on the
test day milk yield (TDMY) and milk composition parameters (fat, solids-not-fat, protein and …

[HTML][HTML] The untargeted lipidomic profile of quarter milk from dairy cows with subclinical intramammary infection by non-aureus staphylococci

F Ceciliani, M Audano, MF Addis, C Lecchi… - Journal of Dairy …, 2021 - Elsevier
This observational study determined the lipidome of cow milk during subclinical
intramammary infection (IMI) by non-aureus staphylococci (NAS), also defined as coagulase …

[HTML][HTML] Does animal welfare influence dairy farm efficiency? A two-stage approach

JJ Allendorf, PJC Wettemann - Journal of Dairy Science, 2015 - Elsevier
This article investigated how process-based animal welfare indicators (PAI) affected the
technical efficiency of German dairy farms. A sample of 115 North-Rhine Westphalian dairy …

[HTML][HTML] How increased heifer growth rate and reduced dairy cow replacement rate can improve farm economy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions-a win to win …

JK Sommerseth, S Shrestha, M MacLeod, A Hegrenes… - animal, 2024 - Elsevier
Rearing of replacement heifers makes up a significant part of the total costs in dairy farming.
Nevertheless, the average age at first calving for dairy heifers still stays well above 2 years …

Effects of parity and days in milk on milk composition in correlation with β-hydroxybutyrate in tropic dairy cows

A Sabek, C Li, C Du, L Nan, J Ni, E Elgazzar… - Tropical Animal Health …, 2021 - Springer
The current study was conducted to evaluate the effect of parity and days in milk on milk
yield and milk production traits and their correlation with β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) …