We're thrilled to celebrate the induction of Dr. Ken Leslie into the Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame @OntAgHallFame Ken is a pioneer in dairy veterinary medicine and research, and great mentor and visionary for animal health and welfare.
Siphon tubes are used in irrigation to transfer water over a barrier, using physics through the siphon principle.
They must be primed, filled with water, before they start reliably to work. Once primed, they they will continue transferring water.
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🔥 How to know if your herd is suffering from heat stress?
The easiest way to tell if your cows are suffering from heat stress is to measure breaths per minute: if over 60 breaths per minute, the cows are likely affected.
Here are tips to cool them down: https://t.co/eHeyrVHd5J
The price for grass-fed cattle is always higher than the price for grain-fed. The Lely Exos is a one-stop grass-processing machine. It harvests the grass directly and feeds it to your herd in their enclosure.
Here's a super practical method for feed advisors or anyone else w. Koster testers to participate in evaluating 🐄 Composting Bedded Pack 💧 content. Ideal pack moisture = 40 to 65%. If it gets too wet, its a sticky, heavy, cold, shitty mess 💩😳 Just add sawdust! 😉
Just out in @jdairyscience
Collaborative research with the dairy industry to understand health conditions
@DrDFK@GuyASeguin @cmiltenburg
Prevalence and spatial distribution of infectious diseases of dairy cattle in Ontario, Canada https://t.co/52gCCBARwz
Copetown's Loewith family is hosting their popular dairy farm open house this week https://t.co/TcEDSOqVz6
Last year's event brought about 1,400 attendees to the Powerline Road farm, this year could be bigger with the opening of Summit Station Dairy and Creamery #HamOnt
Dairy farmers - Bovine leukosis can impair health and productivity. We are looking for dairy herds in SW Ontario for a study on when leukosis infection occurs. Periodic visits over 18 months.
See details ⬇️and contact us to discuss if you're interested.
Grateful for Minister @LisaThompsonPC ’s enthusiasm for innovation as she joined industry and University of Guelph folks to meet LRIC’s International Research Advisory Committee.
The @DavRenaud / @cbwinder lab group is well represented at CAVEPM conference this week: MSc students Kate Perry & Gillian Power and PhD students Kristen Edwards & John Brindle gave great presentations on their research today 🐮
@DairyatGuelph
Amazing work and captivating presentations from our colleagues this week at @ADSA2023
Excellent travail et présentations captivantes de nos collègues cette semaine à Ottawa!
Photos: @DeboraSantschi
MSc student Gillian Power presents two posters at #ADSA23 on her research looking at barriers to implementing biosecurity practice on Ontario dairy farms