by Kirsty Jaensch | Oct 29, 2024 | Media 2024, P2e
Congratulations Sarah Congratulations to Dr Sarah Legge on her recent PhD graduation. The research Sarah did for her thesis “The lasting impact of calf performance” made a major contribution to Dairy UP’s P2e Calf Husbandry project. Sarah used data from automatic...
by Kirsty Jaensch | Aug 27, 2024 | Media 2024, P2f
PhD students make progress on P2f Infectious diseases project Above: Zain Ul Abedien Above: Aleksandra ‘Ola’ Stanczak Two PhD students at UTS are working on Dairy UP’s P2f Infectious diseases project, under the supervision of Dr Barbara Brito Rodriguez at EMAI and...
by Kirsty Jaensch | Aug 27, 2024 | Media 2024, P2 Project
Recent Publications There are opportunities to use bulk tank milk to monitor udder health and herd nutritional status. Members of the P2 team have had an editorial published in the Australian Veterinary Journal Volume 102, Issue 1-2. They discuss existing and...
by David | Jun 30, 2024 | Media 2024, P2f
P2 Infectious diseases It’s been a busy few months for Dairy UP’s P2f team who have now completed sample collection from farms. More than 2000 samples have been collected from 72 farms. Researchers are now processing and sequencing the samples at EMAI and UTS. Some...
by Kirsty Jaensch | Jun 10, 2024 | P2g, Media 2024
Ideal age of first calving Dairy UP PhD student, Andrew Lean is investigating the effect of age a heifer calves for the first time on lifetime milk production, health and fertility. Through his literature review he has confirmed many benefits from calving earlier (at...
by David | Feb 15, 2024 | Media 2024, P1a, P1b, P2 Project, P5 Project
Managing cows in wet conditions With summer in full swing, it’s the time of the year when floods can be unpredictable and destructive. Dairy Australia has resources to help dairy farmers prepare for and recover from floods and what to avoid (see photo above). Here are...
