BovReg

Effects of live yeast on milk yield, feed efficiency, methane emissions and fertility of high-yielding dairy cows 🐮🥛 This study aimed to assess the effect of a live yeast supplement on milk yield, methane emissions and reproduction indicators in high−yielding dairy cows👇

Effects of social housing on dairy calf response to novelty shortly after weaning and grouping🐮 The aim of this study was to assess the effects of preweaning social housing response to novelty following postweaning grouping. 🔎Read the article here👇 jdscommun.org/article/S2666-…

Relative merits of offering a milk replacer, glucose-electrolyte or whey-based diet on the blood composition and health of unweaned calves after transport🐮🥛 Read it here👇 journalofdairyscience.org/article/S0022-…

Maternal behavior of dairy cows and suckling behavior of dairy calves in different cow-calf contact conditions🐮🥛 Read it here👇 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Last week was my first time attending an ICQG conference: lot of interesting talks and posters @icqg2024! During the conference we also presented our @BovReg work on using functional genomic annotations for genomic predictions of feed efficency in cattle. #wur_abg @WURlivestock

ERBS, Shaping the future of European Beef Sustainability🐮🇪🇺 The multi-stakeholder organisation ERBS can be a solution to addressing the multiple serious environmental, social and economic challenges the European beef sector is facing.👇 meatthefacts.eu/home/activity/…

🤯Stress indicators in dairy cows adapting to virtual fencing🐮 The present study followed the adaptation process of lactating dairy cows to a VF system with changing virtual boundaries and investigated its impact on animal welfare. 🔎Read here👇 doi.org/10.1093/jas/sk…

What factors impact drinking behaviour in dairy cows?🫗🐮 🔎Read the article here👇 dairyglobal.net/health-and-nut…

A collective effort to help our livestock genomics community. Go and check this out. @BovReg @RUMIGENH2020 Empowering bioinformatics communities with Nextflow and nf-core biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Empowering bioinformatics: A case study of @nf_core adoption by six European research consortia dedicated to farmed animal genomics 👉 bit.ly/4biKW9e @GeronimoH2020 @AQUA_FAANG @BovReg @GeneSwitch @RUMIGENH2020 @holoruminant

Improving Livestock Health Is a Net Positive Move Towards Net Zero🐮🌿 🔎Read the article here👇 ipsnews.net/2023/11/improv…

Pathogen-specific patterns of milking traits in automatic milking systems🐮🥛 This observational study aimed to investigate pathogen-specific patterns in milking traits recorded in AMS. 🔎Read the article here👇 journalofdairyscience.org/article/S0022-…

🧬Predicting bovine daily milk yield by leveraging genomic breeding values🐮 🔎Read the article here👇 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Animal welfare 🐾 By treating animals with care, we not only safeguard their welfare but also protect our own health. 👉 efsa.europa.eu/en/topics/topi…

🗣Antonio Velarde: The level of Animal Welfare in the EU is one of the highest in the world 🇪🇺 When animal welfare is high, productivity increases. 🎥Enjoy the interview👇 youtube.com/watch?v=7pP0Ib…

🌿🐮Higher costs of milk production and tighter manure nitrogen regulations, coupled with challenges associated with ammonia emissions in many countries, has led to an increase in the interest of feeding lower crude #protein #diets to dairy #cows . 🔎👇 dairyglobal.net/health-and-nut…

Breaking the cycle🐮🌿 Reduction of antibiotic use in livestock production is still a major challenge in spite of the progress made over the past years. 🔎Read the expert opinion here👇 dairyglobal.net/specials/break…

💉Vaccinating livestock against common diseases is a form of direct climate action🌎 Diseases with high mortality levels mean farmers need to use more resources and raise additional animals to maintain food production. 🧐Read the article here👇 theconversation.com/vaccinating-li…

BovReg Final Conference has finished!🚀 We wish to thank all partners and participants who gave precious contribution to this interesting project and event!🙏

🌟 The afternoon session of the BovReg Final Conference starts with a presentation by Peter Harrison (@EMBL-EBI) titled: "@EuroFAANG Data Infrastructure: standardizing and presenting BovReg and global @FAANG data". 🚀 #FAANG #ConferenceSession #H2020 #EUprojects