The diversity of bacteriophages in slurry from dairy cows remains largely unknown. Here, we report the draft genome sequences of 14 bacteriophages isolated from dairy cow slurry using Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655 as a host.

The intestine is the largest mucosal organ of the body and also the first line immune homeostasis. Inflammatory bowel disease or IBD is divided into ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. One of the problems that can occur with UC is dietary allergy to some foods. This study aimed to evaluated the dairy allergy among patients with ulcerative colitis. This study is a Case - control study, that ...

INTRODUCTION Reproductive efficiency of the dairy herd is important for the economic success of the dairy operation. One of the most important reproductive technologies of the dairy industry is artificial insemination (AI). Artificial insemination reduces the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases among cattle and increases the use of genetically superior sires to improve performance of the...

More efficient and economical production systems are needed to improve the sustainability of dairy farms. One concept to consider is using perennial cows. Perennial cows are those that maintain a relatively high milk production for >or=2 yr without going through the typical dry period followed by calving. Farm records show that some cows have produced over 20 kg/d after 4 yr of continuous lacta...

A case study of the Central Vermont Public Service Corporation (CVPS) Cow Power program examines the economic feasibility for dairy farms to convert cow manure into electricity via anaerobic methane digestion. The study reviews the mechanism for CVPS, dairy farms, electricity customers, and government agencies to develop and operate the program since 2004, examines the costs and returns for the...

There are approximately 2.5 million dairy cows in California. Emission inventories list dairy cows and their manure as the major source of regional air pollutants, but data on their actual emissions remain sparse, particularly for smog-forming volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and greenhouse gases (GHGs). We report measurements of alcohols, volatile fatty acids, phenols, and methane (CH4) emitt...

hemorrhagic bowel syndrome is a highly fatal intestinal disease of adult dairy cattle with uncertain cause. in a dairy herd in khorasanrazavi province, northeast of iran, two cows showed depression, anorexia, decrease in milk production, ruminal hypomotility, bruxism and dehydration. at necropsy, massive hemorrhage and clot formation was observed within the jejunum and bacterial culture of the ...

the aim of the present study was to compare the occurrence and duration of clinical mastitis in different seasons, stages of lactation period and parities in a holstein dairy farm in iran. a retrospective epidemiological survey from april 2005 to march 2008 was conducted on 884 clinical mastitis cases of 7437 lactations. data of each case including calendar-date of mastitis onset, days in milk ...

the objective of the present study was to compare the efficacy of conventional and extendedintramammary (imm) therapy of persistent subclinical mastitis in lactating dairy cattle using nafcillinpenicillin-dihydrostreptomycin combination (npd). sixty-five dairy cows with 126 infected quarters were enrolled in the study. infected cows were allocated randomly to 1 of 3 different treatment regimens...