Excellent reproductive performance in both males and females is fundamental to profitable
dairy and beef production systems. In this review we undertook a meta-analysis of genetic …

Data derived principally from peripheral tissues (fat, muscle and liver) show that insulin
signals via diverse interconnecting intracellular pathways and that some of the major …

Cystic ovarian follicles (COF) are an important ovarian dysfunction and a major cause of
reproductive failure in dairy cattle. Due to the complexity of the disorder and the …

The purpose of this study was to develop a deterministic economic model to estimate the
costs associated with (1) the component cost per case of hyperketonemia (HYK) and (2) the …

The objective of this study was to determine the feasibility of genetic selection for health
traits in dairy cattle using data recorded in on-farm herd management software programs …

Contents Cystic ovarian degeneration (COD) is considered to be one of the most important
causes of reproductive failure in cattle. There is a severe economic loss to dairy industry …

Emphasizing increased profit through increased dairy cow production has revealed a
negative relationship of production with fitness and health traits. Decreased cow health can …

Absent or irregular ovarian cycles in lactating dairy cows are caused by failure to ovulate the
dominant follicle at the appropriate time. The follicle then either regresses or develops into a …

There have been considerable recent advancements in animal breeding and genetics
relevant to disease control in cattle, which can now be utilised as part of an overall …

Test-day records for protein yield, protein percent, fat percent and somatic cell score
combined with diagnoses for health traits from 19,870 Holstein cows kept in 9 large-scale …