Animal health

From the experts' point of view, metabolic disorders, fertility problems and mastitis are animal welfare problems in stables. Furthermore, social stress and unsuitable living conditions are contributing factors.

During the summer, we humans often break into a sweat. But how do our animals manage the heat? Read this article to find out more about heat stress in cattle.

A question that is often raised is what can I do against mastitis and a high cell count, because udder health is the basic pre-requisite for economic milk production.

If you look at the nutrient requirement from the dry period to the early lactation phase, there are dramatic changes. The liver plays a central role in this transition.

Consumers and politicians are becoming evermore energetic in demanding a drastic reduction in the use of antibiotics in livestock farming – not without good reason.

On hot summer days, measures are already being taken to combat heat stress in the dairy cattle barn. Calves must not be forgotten here!