Researchers in Türkiye used an explainable machine learning framework combining XGBoost and SHAP to identify age and postpartum diseases as key drivers of delayed first insemination in dairy cows, ...

For decades, scientists have believed that a protein called interferon tau (IFNT) is indispensable for pregnancy in cattle.

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From 1 January 2027, updated Veterinary Council guidance puts the focus on individual-cow justification for antibiotic dry cow therapy. Here's ...

The USDA National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL) confirmed the first detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in two Yakima County dairy farms in Washington state by the ...

After 58 years, Fuller Bazer, Ph.D., University Distinguished Professor, Department of Animal Science, will close out his ...

Across the South West, Tom Collins, who speaks for the NFU in Wiltshire, says most cereal farmers had seen harvests down "at ...

Dairy farmers who have settled their cows into free-access automated milking need to regularly monitor their list of fetch ...

Coldstream Farms is using genomic data, embryo transfer and cow-level records to reshape its breeding program and build a ...

The first few weeks of lactation are one of the most valuable times to collect mastitis data, yet it’s easy for data recording to slip down the priority ...

A fatty acid already prized in nutrition circles may have found its most compelling role yet: shielding the mammary gland ...