by David | Dec 14, 2023 | Event, Media 2023, P2a
Longevity Dairy UP’s P2a Longevity project aims to keep the best cows in herds for longer by predicting and preventing diseases that contribute to early culling. The team is combining information from existing large cow data sets with real-world, extensive monitoring...
by David | Dec 14, 2023 | Event, Media 2023, P2d
Heat stress Dairy UP’s P2d Heat Stress project is uncovering the most effective ways to prevent or minimise the effects of hot, humid weather on dairy cows. Our team is monitoring 15 intensive and 15 pasture-based herds to measure the effects of heat mitigation...
by David | Nov 2, 2023 | Media 2023, P2c
Milk as a monitoring tool (P2c) Bulk tank milk and herd test samples could soon provide a greater and cost-effective insight into dairy herd health. Dairy UP’s P2c project: Milk as a diagnostic tool is investigating opportunities to use milk samples as a monitoring...
by David | Jul 31, 2023 | Media 2023, P2 Project, P2f
P2f Infectious diseases update Dairy UP’s Infectious Diseases project has made significant progress recently. As at July 2023, more than 1800 swabs have been collected from about 550 cows and calves on 26 farms. Analysis of samples is underway, while sampling from...
by David | Mar 31, 2023 | Media 2023, P2 Project
PhD opportunity Barbara Brito Rodriguez and her team at NSW DPI (EMAI) are advertising for PhD positions for the DairyUP Infectious diseases project (P2f). The project involves a genomic microbial surveillance of NSW dairy calves. The candidate will be enrolled...
by David | Mar 31, 2023 | Media 2023, P2f
Calf bugs In recent months, Barbara Brito Rodriguez and her team have been busy visiting 20 dairy farms to collect samples from sick and health calves as part of Dairy UP’s P2f project – Infectious diseases. The samples will be analysed to build a genome library of...
