A year of sampling 62 troughs and 212 water samples on Central California dairy farms: 47% exceeded the 44 ppm nitrate guideline and 89% exceeded 15 CFU/100 mL E. coli – with nitrate traced back to groundwater and bacteria traced to the cattle themselves.
A four-week summer trial on 12 lactating Murrah buffaloes: drinking water pre-cooled in an earthen pot lowered serum cortisol by 44%, respiratory and pulse rates and rectal temperature, and raised milk yield by 29% compared with naturally warm farm water.
132-farm survey in Egypt correlating eight water quality parameters (pH, TDS, hardness, chloride, nitrate, sulphate, TCC, TCFC) with cattle performance indicators (FCR for beef, FE for dairy). Nitrate emerged as the most influential predictor.
Simple Summary: Livestock water requirements are expected to triple. Simultaneously, freshwater availability declines while the risk of waterborne diseases rises with increasing temperatures. These challenges demand water management strategies on farms. Analyzing specific drinking behavior indicators can provide the basis…
ABSTRACT Very limited information is available on the effects of drinking water temperature on dairy calves. Therefore,the present experiment was designed to study the effects on performance, health, and water consumptionof dairy calves offered drinking water either warm (16 to…
The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of different trough types on the water consumption and drinking behaviour of pasture-based beef heifers. Two trials were implemented with 32 beef heifers to test two different types of water…
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