To find the association between uterine infection and mastitis to compare effectiveness of ozone treatment antibiotics in curing these infections, 200 dairy cows were screened by culturing milk samples on blood agar containing 5% sheep blood. A total 52 animals either suffering from or infections isolated divided into four groups receive antibiotic treatments i.e., MA (mastitis treated with ant...

An adequate and clean artificial insemination (AI) technique is recommended to improve reproductive outcomes in dairy cattle. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of using protective plastic sheaths (PS) to minimize contamination of the AI catheter (AIC) on pregnancies per AI (PAI) in lactating dairy cattle. Lactating cows housed in freestall barns on a commercial dairy...

The objectives of this review are to describe the use of pedometry on commercial dairy farms in Israel, to evaluate its efficiency in heat detection and to describe a clinical trial comparing between pedometry and the Ovsynch technique. Pedometry is the major tool of heat detection on most farms in Israel today. On many farms automated electronic pedometry is the sole mean of heat detection. Pr...