The odds (OR; 95% CI) of a cow having SCK were higher in herds with high (>10%) incidence of down cows (2.7; 1.4–5.0), limited access to water (1.9; 1.1 3.1), Jersey cows (OR: 2.2; 1.2 4.1) and in cows that were in third or greater lactation (2.9; 1.4 5.5).
The aim of this cross-sectional study was to describe the incidence risk of dystocia, retained placenta (RP), pathological recumbence (down cow), the prevalence of metritis and subclinical ketosis (SCK), and the risk factors for SCK, metritis, and RP in grazing dairy herds in Southern Brazil.
In a boon to livestock farmers in Florida, diverse communities of dung beetles work to break down cow pies.
The citizens of Gotham were beaten down, cowed, before Batman showed up.
But rather than seeming like a vibrant oasis of local commerce and ethnic pride, the street had a down-and-out feel -- tamped down, cowed.
The last time I went was four or five years ago and I did my show Lord of the Mince in the … upside-down cow?
The air is full of down that blows towards a pasture where belted Galloway cows tug at the grass.
In Samuel Barber's "Green Lowland of Pianos," with its surreal images of a herd of black pianos lying down like cows "during the artistic milking," Mr. Shimoni managed, with deft use of the sustaining pedal, to make his instrument moo.
Six off the over, the highlight of which was a McCullum thrash down to cow corner for three.
It would help to write down which cow has what condition score, so you can later on determine if any of the thinner cows need to be separated from the fatter ones.
