Tag: calf performance
Enhancing calf health and performance through epigenetics and methylation
Recent scientific findings advocate supplementing dairy cows with rumen-protected choline to optimize fetal programming on a genetic level, resulting in enduring health and productivity...
Ensuring an optimal weaning transition: Activate gut immunity and positively influence rumen microbiota to...
The weaning transition is a major challenge in calf management. With a proper plan for nutrition (milk and solid feed), producers can help support...
Choline supplementation to transition cows: A healthier launch of her lactation
Choline continues to be of great interest to researchers across many species including humans and obviously dairy cattle. Research in just the last few...
Effects of supplementation with ruminally-protected choline on performance of cows
“Choline is an essential nutrient that enables cows to utilize the fat (NEFA) mobilized from body stores. The production of NEFA is the cows’...
Tips for reducing stress when weaning calves
When you consider the long history of the beef sector, stress is a relatively new issue being examined and discussed by those in the...
