Article: Lame cows alter behavior; mineral complexes efficacious. (Nutrition and Health/Dairy).(Brief Article)

Article: Comfort Zone-Design Free Stalls: Do They Influence the Stall Use ...
Journal of Dairy Science;  December 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... nonlame, slightly lame, and moderately lame cows on either rubber-crumb-filled mattress ... perform normal rising and lying movements, lame cows on mattresses stood in the stall for ... stall standing behavior was observed in lame cows on Pack Mat stalls, the mean (95 ...

Article: Are you missing lame cows? Dairy producers ...
Dairy Today;  June 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... producers only recognize one in four lame cows," says veterinarian Nigel Cook, University ... lameness in a herd, first the clinically lame cows need to be fixed. "Make sure the heifers ... she'll stand more," Cook says. Lame cows also use these stalls less than half ...

Article: Comparison of Models to Identify Lame Cows Based on ...
Journal of Dairy Science;  November 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... economic loss for producers. A system for automatically detecting lame cows was developed recently that measures vertical force components ... caretakers, claw trimmers, and veterinarians normally detect lame cows by visual observation. One popular method for detecting lameness ...

Article: Foot care for cattle: many hoof problems can be avoided with good ...
Countryside & Small Stock Journal;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... toll on herd production, whether in beef or dairy cattle. Research at Michigan State University a few years ago showed that lame cows were 16 times more likely to exceed herd average for days open (being slower to breed back) and nine times more likely to ...

Article: The Dietary Role of Trace Minerals;From Copper to ...
The Washington Post;  May 29, 1990 ;     700+ words ... ... the hottest areas of nutritional interest is trace minerals. Trace minerals-also known as trace metals-run the gamut ... not worry about getting adequate amounts of trace minerals, according to Yvonne Bronner, a spokeswoman ...

Article: Iodine and selenium--'trace' minerals in New ...
New Zealand College of Midwives Journal;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Abstract The trace minerals iodine and selenium have many important ... amounts, the dietary intake of these trace minerals in New Zealand has been reported ... of inadequate intakes of these trace minerals in pregnancy. I focus on the importance ...

Article: Research needed on trace minerals.(Research)
Feedstuffs;  November 21, 2005 ;     700+ words ...TRACE minerals have several functions in body tissues ... presentation. In general, Engle said, trace minerals function in a structural capacity ... despite the involvement of certain trace minerals in animal production and disease resistance ...