Managing the mineral nutrition of free-range grazing livestock can be challenging. On farms where grazing animals are infrequently yarded, there are limited opportunities to administer trace element supplements via feeds and concentrates. In New Zealand, where the majority of sheep, cattle, and deer graze pasture year round, inadequate intake of cobalt, copper, iodine and selenium is prevalent....

Male-specific bacteriophage (MSB) densities were determined in animal and human fecal wastes to assess their potential impact on aquatic environments. Fecal samples (1,031) from cattle, chickens, dairy cows, dogs, ducks, geese, goats, hogs, horses, seagulls, sheep, and humans as well as 64 sewerage samples were examined for MSB. All animal species were found to harbor MSB, although the great ma...

● lower stocking densities and production levels than in conventional systems (stocking densities on dairy farms on average 80% lower; on beef and sheep farms 40-80% lower). Organic certification Definitions of ‘organic’ farming vary internationally. Many countries operate national or ‘private’ standards, which do not have statutory status. The International Federation of Organic Farming Moveme...

To date, genetically enhanced plants in the marketplace that are used as feeds for livestock are based on producing insecticidal compounds or developing herbicide tolerance. Corn grain, whole plant green chop corn, corn silage, corn residue, soybeans, and soybean meal from the current genetically enhanced plants have been fed to chickens, sheep, beef cattle, and dairy cows and compared with fee...

The Technosystem intensive grazing system, now called TechnoGrazing™, was developed by Rangitikei farmer, Harry Wier, during the past 25 years and is being adopted successfully on New Zealand pastoral farms. The TechnoGrazing concept is a most effective advance in subdivision and grazing management, achieving very intensive and efficient pasture utilisation, with a quantum leap in animal produc...

This article seeks to increase science and public awareness of the indispensible health implications of yogurt as a natural abundant probiotic, food and medicine. The word ‘yogurt’ is originally Turkish, describing a curdled or a coagulated milk product resulted from bacterial fermentation. These bacteria, named yogurt cultures, ferment lactose to lactic acid and process milk proteins towards s...

Due to its rarity and unique biological traits, as well as its growing financial value, milk of dairy Greek small ruminants is continuously attracting interest from both the scientific community and industry. For the construction of the present dataset, cutting-edge proteomics methodologies were employed, in order to investigate and characterize, for the first time, the milk whey proteome from ...

One of the largest challenges for the dairy industry is to provide cows with a diet which is highly energetic but does not negatively affect their rumens' functions. In highly productive dairy cows, feeding diets rich in readily fermentable carbohydrates provides energy precursors needed for maximum milk production, but simultaneously decreases ruminal pH, leading to a widespread prevalence of ...

The objective of this review is to describe recent research findings related to the use of milk or blood urea nitrogen to identify inefficiencies in protein nutrition and estimate nitrogen excretion. A mathematical model was developed to integrate milk urea nitrogen (MUN) and milk composition to predict urinary and fecal excretion, intake, and utilization efficiency for nitrogen in lactating da...

Recently, in many parts of the world, greater importance has been given to lamb meat as well intensive production and sheep, due demand for this type at affordable prices. In Serbia, similar most European countries, structure total sheep comprises about 70% 30% meat. This study assessed resource-based measures on 11 dairy farms investigated, a 30 lambs, effects sex, presence bruises pneumonia c...