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  • Trace Elements

    Trace elements, including cobalt, copper, iodine, selenium, and zinc, play a vital role in dairy cow nutrition. Your cows need these elements for functions like growth, reproduction, and milk production.

    Animal

    2 min read

    Trace Elements

    Trace elements, including cobalt, copper, iodine, selenium, and zinc, play a vital role in dairy cow nutrition. Your cows need these elements for functions like growth, reproduction, and milk production.

    Animal

    2 min read

  • Magnesium

    Magnesium supplements can help prevent metabolic issues in your cows, such as milk fever and grass staggers. Start giving these supplements two to three weeks before calving and continue until spring pasture growth slows.

    Animal

    1 min read

    Magnesium

    Magnesium supplements can help prevent metabolic issues in your cows, such as milk fever and grass staggers. Start giving these supplements two to three weeks before calving and continue until spring pasture growth slows.

    Animal

    1 min read

  • Dry Cow

    Dry matter is a crucial dietary requirement for dry cows. This page outlines the energy a cow needs, considering its weight gain or loss. The feed requirement considers the cow's maintenance, pregnancy, and weight gain.

    Animal

    2 min read

    Dry Cow

    Dry matter is a crucial dietary requirement for dry cows. This page outlines the energy a cow needs, considering its weight gain or loss. The feed requirement considers the cow's maintenance, pregnancy, and weight gain.

    Animal

    2 min read

  • Dry Period

    A successful dry period for cows entails hitting body condition score (BCS) targets before calving. This page emphasises the importance of meeting the cow's energy needs for maintenance, activity, BCS gain, and pregnancy during this time.

    Animal

    1 min read

    Dry Period

    A successful dry period for cows entails hitting body condition score (BCS) targets before calving. This page emphasises the importance of meeting the cow's energy needs for maintenance, activity, BCS gain, and pregnancy during this time.

    Animal

    1 min read

  • Lactating Cow

    Calculating Metabolisable Energy (ME) needs is important for dairy cows. You adjust for feed quality by adding or subtracting 4% per MJ ME/kg DM from the standard 11.0 MJ ME/kg DM.

    Animal

    2 min read

    Lactating Cow

    Calculating Metabolisable Energy (ME) needs is important for dairy cows. You adjust for feed quality by adding or subtracting 4% per MJ ME/kg DM from the standard 11.0 MJ ME/kg DM.

    Animal

    2 min read

  • Milk Urea

    Milk urea indicates the crude protein in a cow's diet, which is formed from the metabolism of amino acids and body protein. If a cow's diet is rich in protein, it might produce more urea, which is usually excreted in the urine and milk.

    Animal

    1 min read

    Milk Urea

    Milk urea indicates the crude protein in a cow's diet, which is formed from the metabolism of amino acids and body protein. If a cow's diet is rich in protein, it might produce more urea, which is usually excreted in the urine and milk.

    Animal

    1 min read

  • Carbohydrate

    Carbohydrates, forming about 75% of plant dry matter, provide the major energy source for dairy cows and aid in milk glucose and fat production.

    Animal

    2 min read

    Carbohydrate

    Carbohydrates, forming about 75% of plant dry matter, provide the major energy source for dairy cows and aid in milk glucose and fat production.

    Animal

    2 min read

  • Fats

    Lipids or fats, found in plant and animal products, are a key energy source in dairy cows' diet. They are typically low, between 2-6% of dry matter in pasture-based diets, as excess can harm rumen function and milk production.

    Animal

    3 min read

    Fats

    Lipids or fats, found in plant and animal products, are a key energy source in dairy cows' diet. They are typically low, between 2-6% of dry matter in pasture-based diets, as excess can harm rumen function and milk production.

    Animal

    3 min read

  • Fibre

    Dietary fibre is essential for a cow's healthy rumen function. This page explains that when cows eat fibre, it stimulates chewing, saliva production, and rumination.

    Animal

    2 min read

    Fibre

    Dietary fibre is essential for a cow's healthy rumen function. This page explains that when cows eat fibre, it stimulates chewing, saliva production, and rumination.

    Animal

    2 min read

  • Protein

    Proteins are essential for many metabolic functions in dairy cows, including growth, lactation, and reproduction. This page explains that the protein in feed, known as crude protein (CP), is calculated based on the feed's nitrogen content.

    Animal

    2 min read

    Protein

    Proteins are essential for many metabolic functions in dairy cows, including growth, lactation, and reproduction. This page explains that the protein in feed, known as crude protein (CP), is calculated based on the feed's nitrogen content.

    Animal

    2 min read