An Active Drying Sensor to Drive Dairy Cow Sprinkling Cooling Systems

Dairy Cow Welfare in Automatic Milking Systems

INTRODUCTION With any housing or feeding system employed for dairy cattle, careful consideration should be made to both the individual’s and herd’s well-being. Providing optimal welfare for dairy cows is a multifaceted and challenging task. Factors such as good herd management, adequate barn environment, automated milking system (AMS) management, social dynamics of the herd, and human-animal in...

An investigation on the possibility of using eCG for presynchronization prior to ovsynch in dairy cow

Background: Presynchronization could enhance fertility in timed breeding programs. The best presynchronization method has to justify biological requirements and to provide practical and economic advantages. OBJECTIVES: Present study investigated the effectiveness of presynchronization with equine chorionic gonadotropin (eCG) before ovsynch (eCG-ovsynch) compared to conventional presynch-ovsynch...

Novel Active Transient Cooling Systems

Under this grant, we have conducted detailed studies of magnetocaloric nanomaterials for solid state cooling applications. Such materials are of great current interest, in fact, the current AFOSR MURI Topic #20 is exclusively devoted to solid state cooling. Our work on synthesis, characterization and property evaluation of magnetocaloric materials is summarized. Magnetic refrigeration systems o...

Drying Off the Dairy Cow Effects on Metabolism and Udder Health

Dairy Cow Welfare & Udder Health

Introduction Maintaining consumers trust is essential to ensure the future of the dairy industry. Production of high quality milk from healthy, well cared for animals is the goal of most dairy farmers. However, as fewer and fewer consumers are familiar with dairy farming, they have become more skeptical about the ability of farmers to properly care for farm animals. Public attention about the w...