By comparing microbial colonization and growth metrics, this research sheds light on how pasteurization influences calf gut health and highlights potential strategies for optimizing calf nutrition. During the early stages of life, calves are highly susceptible to gastrointestinal infections and diseases, making the development of a balanced gut microbiota essential for their health. Diet plays a crucial role in shaping the microbial communities in the gut, with milk being the

Dairy herds have become markedly older in recent months. While this is an immediate result of a tight national dairy heifer supply and sky-high prices for dairy-beef calves, the reason dairy farmers can make the choice to keep cows in production longer is because of improved genetics and better management decisions. Longevity is a matter of profitability on dairy farms; keeping cows sufficiently productive means they return more on the investment of their rearing. Geneticists

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration conditionally approved Dectomax-CA1 (doramectin injection) injectable solution for the...