As we enter into the breeding season, a synchronisation programme for your heifers and even a proportion of your cows should ...

Spring has sprung, and with it comes new life, particularly with the arrival of the lambing and calving season for our island ...

The current feedback loop of high prices and the sale of beef cows for slaughter instead of breeding is creating an ...

The heat cycle in a normal cow is 21 days on average. It is rare that dairy cows on heat and in confinement will express all the heat signs. These include anxiety, watching over the fence ...

Introduction: Heat stress poses a significant challenge to the development of dairy industry, affecting cows’ well-being and overall productivity, leading to substantial economic losses. In this study ...

Dairy cows begin to experience heat stress when THI exceeds 68 (Figure 1). When cows experience heat stress, behavioral (decreased feed intake, increased standing time) and physiological (increased ...

Klumpe and colleagues also provided snapshots of copia's replication cycle within intact egg chambers. Similar to retroviruses, retrotransposons are transcribed from the genome, the transcript is ...

A man rescued a cow stuck in a drainage. His heroic act restored faith in humanity as the viral video garnered millions of views online. In a world where kindness often seems rare, a heartwarming ...

Last year's crop was damaged by drought and heat, prompting high prices for the available supply. This year, plentiful rain and mild temperatures have helped produce a much-better crop. Winter freezes ...

“This is a regular thing,” said Symens. “The cattle cycle is a regular thing. There’s just some factors at play in timing. There’s always highs and lows in cattle numbers.” Some ...

As summer temperatures rise, beef and dairy animals benefit from heat abatement, says Joe Zulovich, a University of Missouri Extension specialist in livestock housing systems. Lactating cows face the ...