Vaca Resources

New this month on www.vacaresources.com:

- Part 2 of Doc's Blog - Revival of an Abandoned Community Church, Part II

- 4 ways automated sorting technology helps you prepare for the future

- How to keep calves growing when the weather turns cold (Hint: Fat is not the answer)

- PxW improves pig nursery performance in comparison to a well-known electrolyte

- Crypto in Calves: Better Managed with a Shovel than a Needle

- Reappearance of F18 E. coli strikes nursery pigs, By Doug Powers, DVM, Four Star Veterinary Service.

- Insect larvae as a protein source for pig feed – What’s the future?

- Early socialisation in group lactation system reduces post-weaning aggression in piglets

Vaca Resources - Dr. Don (Doc) Sanders This website provides valuable information and resources for livestock managers or owners that seek to gain more information and increase their skills.

New this month on www.vacaresources.com

- More ni**le cup drinkers on day of weaning affects piglet water access and aggression

- These 7 Transition Period Diseases are Costing You Money

- Impact of spray-dried porcine plasma in peripartum sow feed on subsequent litter size

- Weaned piglet performance and nutrient digestion in response to dietary L-glutamine and glutamic acid combination, and whey powder

- Large-group finishing barns with automatic sorting: precision livestock farming is here

- Cost-effectiveness analysis of measures to reduce tail biting lesions

and on Doc's Blog:
- Revival of an Abandoned Community Church, Part I

Vaca Resources - Dr. Don (Doc) Sanders This website provides valuable information and resources for livestock managers or owners that seek to gain more information and increase their skills.

New this month on www.vacaresources.com:

- Follicles May Predict Their Future

- Post farrowing fever control to maximize feed intake in sows during lactation

- Examining the role of serotonin during the peripartum period in dairy cows

- Milk supplementation in the farrowing room: an alternative strategy with hyperprolific sows?

- The effects of creep feed on behavior and performance of piglets around weaning

Vaca Resources - Dr. Don (Doc) Sanders This website provides valuable information and resources for livestock managers or owners that seek to gain more information and increase their skills.

New this month on www.vacaresources.com:

- Effects of music stimulus on pig behavior, cortisol level, and immunity
- The importance of the High Risk Period in case of ASF outbreaks in domestic pig farms
- Colostrum works like Fuel for the Calf Furnace
- Post-Mortem reveals Toe Tip Necrosis Syndrome
- BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS CONFIRMED IN MONTANA HERD
- Study Validates US Pork Industry Biosecurity Measures and Pathway Awareness
- International Travelers Reporting Lack of Secondary Screening
- Candidate vaccine protects pigs against African swine fever strains

Vaca Resources - Dr. Don (Doc) Sanders This website provides valuable information and resources for livestock managers or owners that seek to gain more information and increase their skills.

New this month on www.vacaresources.com:

- Intestinal microbiota of pigs determines the response to vaccines

- Topical salicylic acid treatment of digital dermatitis in dairy cows

- Consider a Danish Entry for Calf Biosecurity

- Response of lactating sows to the supplementation of co-fermented feed

- Oral fluid as an aggregate sample for early detection of ASF virus

- Effects of soft pellet creep feed on pre-weaning and post-weaning performance and intestinal development in piglets

- Effect of peripartal administration of mycobacterium cell wall fraction on health and fertility of Holstein cows under organic-certified management

- What can we expect from the new ASF vaccine developed in China?

- Boar taint: Current situation and detection on the slaughter line

Vaca Resources - Dr. Don (Doc) Sanders This website provides valuable information and resources for livestock managers or owners that seek to gain more information and increase their skills.

New this month on www.vacaresources.com:

- Assessing Calf Death Losses in a Beef-Dairy Crossbreeding Program

- Promising Vaccine Development to Control Johne’s Disease

- Causes of increased number of culled pregnant sows

- Effects of zinc supplementation levels and zinc and copper sources on growing-finishing pigs

- Effect of pen design on tail biting in finishing pigs with intact tails

and a commentary by Doc. Sanders: THE BIGGEST WHOPPERS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE

Vaca Resources - Dr. Don (Doc) Sanders This website provides valuable information and resources for livestock managers or owners that seek to gain more information and increase their skills.

New this month on www.vacaresources.com:

- Identify Pregnancy Loss With These 4 Easy Steps

- Predicting pregnancy loss

- Knowing Open Cows More Important Than Knowing Pregnant Ones

- Body Condition Score Changes Affect Pregnancy Rates

- “She’s A Poor Doer…”

- Wild Pigs Could Trigger Decimation of US Pork Industry

- Dry Cows Most Important Group to Keep Cool

- Eight strategies to reduce dry period mastitis to improve reproductive efficiency

- The Fast Track to Polled Genetics

- Effect of protein restriction on compensatory growth regulation in pigs

Vaca Resources - Dr. Don (Doc) Sanders This website provides valuable information and resources for livestock managers or owners that seek to gain more information and increase their skills.

New this month on www.vacaresources.com:

- Cows Tell Stories with their Facial Expressions

- Causes of abortions occurring at non-specific points in the gestation

- Effects of dietary iron level on growth, hematological status, and intestinal function in growing-finishing pigs

- Systems to Turn your Feed Center into a Profit Center

- Don’t Let Mastitis Causing Pathogens Thrive This Summer

- Four tips to help pigs deal with heat stress in summer

and a blog post from Dr. Sanders:
- CAMEL MILK: A NEW WAY TO CONTROL AND PREVENT DIABETES?

Vaca Resources - Dr. Don (Doc) Sanders This website provides valuable information and resources for livestock managers or owners that seek to gain more information and increase their skills.

New this month on www.vacaresources.com

- Effect of pens with an elevated platform on pig behavior, welfare, and performance

- The role of highly digestible protein sources in post-weaning diets without ZnO

- The stress of weaning: What do we know and what can we do?

- Is gestation length changing in sows?

- Optimal Lying Times and Immediate Treatment Combat Lameness

Vaca Resources - Dr. Don (Doc) Sanders This website provides valuable information and resources for livestock managers or owners that seek to gain more information and increase their skills.

New this month on www.vacaresources.com:

- New Milk Processing Technique an Alternative to Pasteurization

- Assessment of within-herd seroprevalence of Anaplasma marginale antibodies and associated decreased milk production in an Iowa dairy herd

- New record set for most lifetime milk produced by a Holstein

- The effect of zinc phosphate-based nanoparticles as a substitute to zinc oxide in diet of weaned piglets

- Providing toys to pigs can improve the human-animal relationship

Vaca Resources - Dr. Don (Doc) Sanders This website provides valuable information and resources for livestock managers or owners that seek to gain more information and increase their skills.

New this month on www.vacaresources.com

- Effect of selenium supplementation on sow reproductive performance and on their progeny

- Improvement of the motility of boar s***m after cryopreservation

- The pre-farrowing feed intake pattern can improve litter performance at weaning

Over 100 scientific paper abstracts relating to swine management

A new blog entry from Doc Sanders: The Troubling Story of the Falun Gong of China

Vaca Resources - Dr. Don (Doc) Sanders This website provides valuable information and resources for livestock managers or owners that seek to gain more information and increase their skills.