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10 Dairy Facts the Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know (6) In natural conditions, cows can live 20 to 25 years (7) 10 Of the 9 million dairy cows in the U S , 3 million are slaughtered each year at only a fraction of their natural lifespan (8) Their worn out bodies become ground beef and restaurant hamburgers (9)
Impact of heat stress on dairy cattle and selection . . . Recent evidence has shown dairy cattle identified as high immune responders may be more thermotolerant than those identified as average and low Multiple studies have shown high immune responding dairy cattle have lower respiration rate at higher THI values compared to average and low responding dairy cattle (142, 143)
CSO: Number of cattle slaughtered rose by nearly 7% last year The data shows that over 1 9 million cattle were processed in Ireland during 2022, up from almost 1 8 million the previous year November saw the highest number of cattle slaughtered at 179,500 head The number of sheep processed grew by 7 7% between January and December 2022 when compared with the same period in 2021
Cattle ticks and tick-borne diseases: a review of Ugandas . . . Uganda's cattle population has grown steadily in the past 20 years from 4 57 million in 1996 (Arvin et al , 1996) to 14 6 million cattle in 2018 (UBOS, 2019) but the proportion of exotic breed cattle has stagnated at 10% of the overall cattle population TTBDs have particularly been responsible for maintenance of poor local cattle breeds in
Attention to the Details: How Variations in U. S. Grass-Fed . . . Bermudagrass contained 7% more ALA than cowpea and pearl millet, while pearl millet and chicory contained 8% more LA than alfalfa and bermudagrass Other forage mixtures including pearl millet, bluegrass, and clovers increased the n −3 content of beef by more than 2% compared to beef fed a concentrate diet ( Duckett et al , 2013 )
Invited review: Effects of heat stress on dairy cattle welfare The effects of high ambient temperatures on production animals, once thought to be limited to tropical areas, has extended into northern latitudes in response to the increasing global temperature The number of days where the temperature-humidity index (THI) exceeds the comfort threshold (>72) is increasing in the northern United States, Canada, and Europe Compounded by the increasing number