Recent research on the transition period (TP) of dairy cows has highlighted the pivotal role
of immune function in affecting the severity of metabolic challenges the animals face when …

Over the last 20 years an increasing amount of research has described how dairy cow
behavior changes during the few weeks before and after parturition, also known as the …

Most research on heat stress has focused on (sub) tropical climates. The effects of higher
ambient temperatures on the daily behavior of dairy cows in a maritime and temperate …

Metritis is common in the days after calving and can reduce milk production and
reproductive performance. The aim of this study was to identify changes in feeding and …

Heat-stressed dairy cows on pasture will compete for resources that aid cooling, but it is not
known how heat stress affects the competition for water by indoor-housed cows. The aim of …

Accurate assessments of social behavior and dominance relationships in cattle can be time
consuming. We investigated whether replacements at the feed bunk and water trough—one …

Simple Summary The rise in milk yield per cow, herd size, and the percentage of
primiparous cows in dairy herds increasingly requires optimized health management in …

The objectives of this study were to identify factors associated with prepartum DMI, evaluate
the performance of linear models to estimate prepartum DMI using different classes of …

The objectives of this study were to identify factors associated with the relative change in
prepartum DMI (RCDMI) of 273 cows fed individually, evaluate the performance of linear …

Social factors are important determinants of disease in humans and and laboratory animals,
but less research has been done using farm animals. The objective of this study was to …