Priority Area: Ensuring animal health and welfare
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Improving the performance of dairy heifer operations by understanding maternal and management stressors impacting heifer growth and feed efficiency
Riesgraf joins Weigel’s team exploring the effects of stressful life experiences on heifers, including maternal stress during late gestation and neonatal stress before weaning. This study looks closely at dry…
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Evaluating Salmonella Cerro as a preventative for Salmonellosis
Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) cause salmonellosis in dairy cows, resulting in diarrhea, abortion, endotoxemia, and decreased milk production. The emergence of multi-drug resistant Salmonella has contributed to morbidity and mortality in…
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Genomic solutions to improve dairy bull fertility
Fertility is an economically important trait in dairy cattle. Despite recent advances, there is room for improvement in reproductive performance for most herds, resulting in significant economic losses for dairy…
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Development of antibiotic-free or antibiotic-reduced therapy to control Bovine Mastitis
Bovine mastitis, an inflammatory disease caused by microbial infections, impacts milk production, milk quality, and the overall health of the herd. Mastitis is a main challenge for the dairy sector…
