Cattle
Multiple Ovulation and Embryo Transfer in Cattle
Multiple Ovulation and Embryo Transfer in Cattle Form high milk-producing cow in a lifetime calving get 5 or 6 calves. At the onset of estrus or heat cycle under the influence of follicular stimulating hormone, only one ovum is mature, as such the cow gives one calf. However, if a higher dose of FSH (Follicular…
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WHAT ARE THE PROGENY TESTED BULLS
Progeny Tested Bulls If I am intelligent then it is not necessary that my son will be intelligent. Or I may not be intelligent, but my son might be very intelligent. It proves that intelligence is not inherited, the same is the case in the milk trait. It is not necessary that if the cow…
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USE OF POUR ON IN DAIRY CATTLE
Pour on is a product of MSD company and many other companies are making it has to be poured on the backbone of animal there is no need to inject it. It takes care of flies mosquitos lies, mites and ticks. It spreads over the body of an animal, and it remains there for 48…
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USE OF IVERMECTIN IN DAIRYING
Ivermectin is used for internal and external parasites, internal parasites like nematodes, like intestinal worms and stomach worms plus lungworm. Ivermectin does not work on liver fluke and tapeworm. However, it works on microfilaria. Microfilaria is quiet common in buffalo when buffalo is infected with microfilaria then it starts circling. In this case, ivermectin is…
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WHY AFTER FMD (FOOT AND MOUTH) VACCINATION THERE IS OUTBREAK OF FMD?
FMD (Foot and Mouth) in exotic cows is the greatest threat. The cows affected by FMD do not die, but after the outbreak, they don’t eat anything, they are out of production, and they take a very long time to recover. Its outbreak may be an open reason for the failure of exotic cow dairy….
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Is Cow Dung is Producing Organic Farm Products?
The Organic vegetable, cereal, and horticulture producing farmers claim that they do not use chemical fertilizers, herbicides, weedicides and pesticides. For growing vegetables cereal and fruits. I completely agree that the cow dung with its nutrients and microflora is a good substitute of fertilizers and weedicides, pesticides and fungicides. It seems that products are organic…
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Keeping Cow in an Open System
Why we should keep high yielding Cows in an open system? The water particularly fresh water is very essential. For high yielding as these high yielding exotic cows producing over 40 litres milk per day, require approximately 10 kg of ration, 40 kg of green concentrate and silage. They are not affected by low temperatures…
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Blood in Urine and Milk
Blood in Urine Sometimes the cow excrete blood in their urine, it is a matter of concern, to the cow owner, this can be due to three reasons. Babesia Phosphorus deficiency When in hills cow eats broken fern Treatment Babesia In the case of Babesia, there is very high fever or not eating, reduction in…
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Cow Urine Facts
When sun rays fall on the water in plants this separates hydrogen from water molecules, the separated hydrogen then goes to chlorophyll. With the help of light and dark reaction and carbon fixation, carbohydrate and fats are formed and stored in the animal body as reserve food. For the formation of protein and DNA, the…
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WHY WE CAN’T KEEP THE ANGLO NUBIAN OR SAANEN GOAT IN PLACE OF DESI COW
Most of our Desi cows are low milk producer, producing 2 or 3 lire of milk per day with a shorter lactation period of 150 days, these Desi cows are seasonal breeder giving milk in the summer months. However, some Desi milk breed like Gir, Sahiwal and Red Sindhi producing over 3000-litre milk in a…
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