The economic cost of metritis in dairy herds

Economic Cost of Lameness in Dairy Cattle Herds

The competition among dairy producers is sharp nowadays. In this challenging situation the dairies are able to survive by the continuous increase in the efficiency and thereby the profitability of their production. The level of animal health is a basic influential factor of the profitableness on dairy farms, thus, it is very helpful to reveal the herd diseases resulting in the largest economic ...

Economic Consequences of Paratuberculosis Control in Dairy Cattle Herds

The PTB-Simherd is a dynamic, stochastic, and mechanistic Monte-Carlo model simulating adairy herd including young stock. Paratuberculosis and relevant control strategies against thisdisease was built into an existing simulation model. The model is able to simulate bothepidemiological, technical and economic consequences of paratuberculosis and controlstrategies against it in th...

Economic aspects of applying reproductive technologies to dairy herds

Reproduction continues to be a critical component to maintain a dairy farm economically viable. For every farm and for every cow, there is an optimum time for pregnancy, which is mostly influenced by level of production, persistency of lactation, and parity. In general, as production decreases, lactation number increases, and persistency of lactation decreases, cows should be bred sooner postpa...

Treatment of Postpartum Metritis in Dairy Cows

The effect of metritis on luteal function in dairy cows

BACKGROUND Disturbed uterine involution impairs ovarian function in the first weeks after calving. This study analyzed the long-term effect of metritis on luteal function of 47 lactating Holstein-Friesian cows during the first four postpartum estrous cycles. Cows with abnormal uterine enlargement and malodorous lochia were classified as having metritis (group M, n = 18), and all others were con...