Project Reports
Dairy UP has 23 projects, 4 of which are complete. Project reports, journal articles and conference papers will be added to the list below as they become available.
| Project | Name | Link | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| P1d - Carbon on NSW Dairy Farms | Dietary Concentrate Supplementation Increases Milk Production and Reduces Predicted Greenhouse Gas Emissions Intensity in Pasture-based Commercial Dairy Farms | Journal article | Increasing dietary concentrate supplementation for dairy cows resulted in increased milk production per cow, reduced greenhouse gas emissions per unit of milk produced, and increased income and profit. |
| P2a - Unlocking the Potential of the Cow | Unlocking the potential of the cow | Journal Article | Holstein dairy cows lose body condition score and gain body weight with increasing parity in both pasture-based and total mixed ration herds, Journal of Dairy Science Communications. |
| P2a - Unlocking the Potential of the Cow | Unlocking the potential of the cow | Journal Article | Associations of parity with health disorders and blood metabolite concentrations in Holstein cows in different production systems, Journal of Dairy Science 105. |
| P2a - Unlocking the Potential of the Cow | Unlocking the potential of the cow | Journal Article | Increased parity is negatively associated with survival and reproduction in different production systems, Journal of Dairy Science. |
| P2c - Unlocking the Potential of the Cow | Milk as diagnostic fluid for udder health management | Journal Article | There is a growing array of diagnostic assays that can be used to detect markers of inflammation or infection in milk. The value of some of these methods in on-farm udder health improvement programs is yet to be demonstrated whilst methods with proven value may be underutilised |
| P2c - Unlocking the Potential of the Cow | Milk as a diagnostic fluid to monitor viral diseases in dairy cattle | Journal Article | There are examples of tests on BTM samples providing efficient assessments of the herd disease status and supporting disease control programmes for viral diseases. However, challenges arise in pooled milk testing due to the need for accurate estimates of the imperfect sensitivity and specificity of the assays. |
| P2c - Unlocking the Potential of the Cow | Milk as an indicator of dietary imbalance | Journal Article | There appears to be increasing potential for the use of milk as a diagnostic fluid as more in-parlour tests become available for individual cows. However, the BTM appears to have under-utilised potential for herd monitoring. |
| P2e - Calf husbandry | Milk consumption and behavior of calves in automated calf-feeders as early indicators of weaning liveweight | Journal article | Causes of variability in weaning weight in calves in automated calf-feeders. Potential intervention points for the improved calf management on farm after 15 days old (5 days old if on an automatic calf feeder). |
| P3a - The Economics of Intensification | Economics of intensification | Conference Paper | Economics of Total Mixed Ration Systems in Australia, Proceedings of the Australasian Dary Science Symposium 2022, p67-7 |
| P3a - The Economics of Intensification | Economics of intensification | Report | Intensification of dairy systems: project summary |
| P4 - Feedbase (Intensive Systems) | Intensive Systems | Conference Paper | Field and in-silico analysis of harvest index variability in maize silage |