Increasing the digestibility of ruminant diets and thereby improving nutrient efficiency is an important aspect of ruminant nutrition. This improvement in nutrient utilization must initially come from an improved rumen digestion and utilization. Yeast products have been added to the diets of...

After more than 20 years of targeted investment, genomics is now on the verge of widespread adoption across many animal industries. Public-financed genome sequencing projects and the development of related technologies to lower the costs of genotyping continue to stimulate adoption of genomics by...

Nutrient management on dairy operations has become more complex as society demands more attention be placed on environmental stewardship. Although nutrient management has traditionally focused on an individual field basis, there is a need for dairy operations to focus on nutrients at a whole-farm...

Streptococcus uberis is an important cause of mastitis in dairy cattle around the world. The organism has also been associated with mastitis in goats, sheep, camels and buffaloes, and with a variety of other conditions in ruminants and non-ruminant species. S. uberis has been reported in humans but ...