The future value of an individual dairy cow depends greatly on its projected milk yield. In developed countries with developed dairy industry infrastructures, facilities exist to record individual cow production and reproduction outcomes consistently and accurately. Accurate prediction of the future value of a dairy cow requires further detailed knowledge of the costs associated with feed, mana...

Automatic milking systems (AMS) offer relief from the demanding routine of milking. Although many AMS are in use in Europe and a few are used in the United States, the potential benefit for American farms is uncertain. A farm-simulation model was used to determine the long-term, whole-farm effect of implementing AMS on farm sizes of 30 to 270 cows. Highest farm net return to management and unpa...

The effect of varying dry matter availability on the conversion of dry matter resources to weight of calf at weaning was evaluated for nine breeds of cattle; Angus, Braunvieh, Charolais, Gelbvieh, Hereford, Limousin, Red Poll, Pinzgauer, and Simmental were recorded for 5 yr. Within each breed, four cows were assigned to each of four feeding levels of dry matter intake: 58, 76, 93, or 111 g of D...

This paper investigates the usage and frequency of what is referred to as K-suffixes in three Balochi dialects, namely Koroshi, Coastal Sistani Balochi. It shows that are most likely reflexes earlier evaluative morphology, traditionally termed “diminutives,” characterized by a high degree multi-functionality. While functions continue dominate, they have been largely lost Koroshi Balochi, suffix...

Bone-eating worms of the genus Osedax colonized and grew on cow bones deployed at depths ranging from 385 to 2893m in Monterey Bay, California. Colonization occurred as rapidly as two months following deployment of the cow bones, similar to the time it takes to colonize exposed whalebones. Some Osedax females found on the cow bones were producing eggs and some hosted dwarf males in their tubes....

The study on availability of cow colostrum (C) and cow colostrum protein concentrate (CC) derived from membrane filtration was conducted on Olkuska breed lambs. The lambs were assigned to 4 groups receiving IgG addition in cow colostrum or colostrum concentrate: group I – control, group II – 7.49g IgG in 150 ml C, group III – 7.09 IgG in 125 ml CC, and group IV – 14.18 IgG in 250 ml CC. The lam...

One hundred and sixty seven Droughtmaster cows with calves were used in two experiments to evaluate the effect of early weaning and creep feeding on cow reproduction rates. Weaning of calves that weighed 48-92 kg instead of the conventional weaning weight of about 180 kg improved cow live weights and increased pregnancy rates by 48% at weaning. The early weaned calves were raised on Stylosanthe...

Effect of composting on the extractability of plant nutrients in organic wastes is essential for their recycling in sustainable soil fertility management. Therefore, an experiment was carried out to determine the concentrations of total C, total N, extractable P, K, Na and B in five types of fresh and composted manures (namely buffalo, camel, cow, goat and poultry). Laboratory results showed th...