Vitamins post-calving: a way to increase cow fertility?

Vitamins post-calving: a way to increase cow fertility?

Highlights

• One of the major problems in dairy production is related to the fact that cows have lower fertility in the two to three months...

Genetic Diversity and Reproduction of Holstein

Highlights

• Dairy cattle productivity is influenced by the ways in which the animals are managed and their genetic potential. Through gene...

On-Farm Diagnosis of Endometritis

Summary

The reproductive performance of cows is an important part of dairy farm monitoring and agricultural business profitability. Breeders ha...

Heifers’ Performance

Highlights

• The milk feeding phase can affect growth and production parameters in heifers.
• Little information exists on the impac...

Insemination of Cows during Transition and Metabolic Stress

Highlights

• For some cows, the beginning of a new lactation is stressful, and oftentimes even more so in the case of high producers. Their...

Folic Acid and Vitamin B12 in Cows

Summary

The peripartum period is critical for dairy cows as they fail to meet their nutritional needs through their diet, which causes various ...

Is More Digestible Alfalfa Profitable?

Highlights

• The general objective of the project is to evaluate the benefits of using more digestible alfalfa for Quebec dairy farms.
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Prevention of Ruminal Acidosis in Cows

Highlights

• Changes in milk production per cow over the last decades is partly due to an increase of feed concentrates in rations, but thi...

Alternatives to Timothy in Fodder

Highlights

• Due to climate change, fodder production in the province of Quebec must be adapted.
• Timothy grass is a plant that gro...

Impact of Diet Minerals on Milk Fat

Highlights

• Research has shown that the synthesis of fat content in milk fat from cows at the beginning of lactation receiving a ration ri...

Synthesis of B Vitamins in Cows

Highlights

• The Vitamin B needs of dairy cattle are not always met through the synthesis of vitamins by bacteria in the rumen.
• In...

Reduction of Antibiotics at the Dry Period

Summary

Most antibiotics used on dairy herds are for treating and preventing bovine mastitis. In North America, antibiotic treatment at drying-...

Milk Quality: Impact of Mild or Intense Mechanical Treatments

Highlights

This project aims to study the impact of mechanical treatments on the technological quality of milk intended for cheese production. ...

Valorization of the Buttermilk Protein

Summary

This project is part of a series of studies to increase the value of buttermilk solids. It is known that incorporating buttermilk into ...