PROBIOTICS IN TRANSITION AND EARLY LACTATION
Transitioning from late pregnancy into early lactation puts cows under major strain. Energy demand is increasing just when the appetite drops right at calving time. Unless carefully managed, this period can lead to serious metabolic challenges. During the dry period, the rumen has been functioning at a much lower level, while the uterus has been […]
HOW TRANSITION MANAGEMENT CAN REDUCE DOWN COWS
Are we setting cows up to go down after calving? When a cow goes down after calving, it is easy to blame the calving itself. Milk fever, calving stress, poor weather, bad luck. Yet many down cows are not caused by one dramatic event. They are the end result of poorly transitioned cows entering calving […]