Dairy Focus PaperCast
In this series, Dr. Phil Cardoso, associate professor in the Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, chats with authors about their recent publications in the field of dairy science.
Podcasting since 2020 • 12 episodes
Dairy Focus PaperCast
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Response of Holstein calves and heifers carrying the SLICK1 allele to heat stress
The SLICK haplotype, originally identified in Senepol cattle, has been introduced into Holsteins. Inheritance of the SLICK1 allele of the prolactin receptor gene improves thermotolerance of lactating Holstein cows under humid heat stress condit...
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Effective nutritional strategies to mitigate enteric methane in dairy cattle
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that traps energy far more efficiently than carbon dioxide. Reduction of methane emissions is thus essential to slowing climate change, and livestock are a major source of these emissions. Dr. Phil Cardoso tal...
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Sodium butyrate and monensin supplementation to postweaning heifer diets
Dr. Phil Cardoso talks with Dr. Peter Erickson and Tess Stahl of the University of New Hampshire about the effects of feeding diets containing supplementary sodium butyrate and monensin on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, and health ...
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How prepartum stocking density and blinds affect calving in Holstein cows
Dr. Phil Cardoso talks with Dr. Kate Creutzinger of the University of Guelph and Dr. Katy Proudfoot of the University of Prince Edward Island about the effects of prepartum stocking density and a blind on physiological biomarkers, health, and h...
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Palmitic to oleic acid ratio and its effect on milk production
Dr. Phil Cardoso and Dr. Adam Lock of Michigan State University discuss Dr. Lock’s recent study on the effect of supplementing two major fatty acids, palmitic and oleic acid, in different ratios on milk production in high-, medium- and low-...
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