Two members of the Milwaukee County Zoo’s dairy herd, (left to right) Miley and Callie, enjoy their new digs in the Dairy Cow Yard. Photo Credit: Milwaukee County Zoo Somewhere in the neighborhood of ...
The first article in this series described a pen-level heat stress monitoring system: sensors that measure panting, “a daily report that ranks pens by their hours in heat stress,” and a quick-response ...
How efficiently cows and heifers can get pregnant, calve, and enter the milking herd makes a big difference to a dairy farm’s profitability. In addition to management choices and environmental ...