Nutrition and Feeding
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Dairy Cattle Nutrition,
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Links to Dairy Digest Articles about Nutrition
- What's behind this summer's low butterfat tests? (Aug 08)
- The cheap can turn out to be expensive (Apr 08)
- Feed price impacts on dairy profitability - Part 1 (Feb 07)
- Feed price impacts on dairy profitability - Part 2 (Feb 07)
- Effect of feeding dry glycerin to dairy cows (Dec 06)
- Ethanol plants + distillers grains: How will this impact nutrient management? (Dec 06)
- Effect of dry propylene glycol versus drenching (Jul 06)
- Research Update: Dry propylene glycol for fresh cows (Sept 05)
- Dairy feeding - the last straw (Aug 05)
- Feedbunk evaluation for high producing herds (Jan 05)
- Acidosis in dairy cattle (Sept 04)
- Altered feeding behavior pre-calving (Aug 04)
- What can we learn from fat and protein levels and ratios? (Feb 04)
New on this Page
- Resources for Certified Feed Management Planners
- Carbon, methane emissions and the dairy cow
- Learn to Score Body Condition now available in Spanish
- Milk Components: Understanding variation
- Nitrogen and ammonia emissions
- Conjugated Linoleic Acid: Implications for animal production
Tools for Certified Feed Management Planners
- Protein monitoring tools instructions & background (pdf)
- Phosphorus monitoring tools instructions & background (pdf)
- Interpretation of milk urea nitrogen values
- Resources for sampling and evaluating forages and total mixed rations
- Manure sampling instructions for Pennsylvania feed management planners
Diet Formulation and Evaluation
- Carbon, methane emissions and the dairy cow
- Milk components: Understanding the causes and importance of milk fat and protein variation in your dairy herd
- Spreadsheet to calculate milk price (Mideast Order)
- Nitrogen, ammonia emissions, and the dairy cow
- Free choice feeding of phosphorus containing minerals
- Reducing dietary phosphorus in the dairy herd
- Use of total mixed rations (TMR) for dairy cows
- Carbohydrate nutrition for lactating dairy cattle
- Nutritional evaluation of dairy rations and feeding management
Rumen Function
- From Feed to Milk: Understanding Rumen Function
For more information, check out the companion video
Dry Cow Nutrition
Trouble-shooting Guides
- Using manure evaluation to enhance dairy cattle nutrition
- Trouble-shooting milk flavor problems
- Troubleshooting problems with milkfat depression
- Trouble-shooting problems with low milk production
Heat Stress and Nutrition
- Reducing heat stress on dairy cows
For more information, see these power point slides in
Ration Ingredients
Nutrition and Health
- Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) implications for animal production and human health
- Prevention and control of foot problems in dairy cows
- Therapeutic nutrition for dairy cattle
- Troubleshooting milk fever and downer cow problems
Body Condition Scoring
- Body condition scoring as a tool for dairy herd management
- Beginner's guide to body condition scoring
- Learn to score body condition step by step
- Learn to score body condition now available in Spanish
- Effects of body condition on performance
- Body condition spreadsheet
