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    Voederbieten voor melkvee

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    Op veel melkveehouderijbedrijven is door de melkquotering en een stijgende melkproductie per koe een situatie ontstaan waarbij structureel meer grond beschikbaar is dan nodig is voor de ruwvoervoorziening van het vee. Mede hierdoor is de belangstelling voor de teelt van krachtvoervervangers toegenomen. Uit oogpunt van gewasopbrengst zijn voederbieten interessant gezien de hoge kVEM-opbrengst per hectare. Daarnaast zijn voederbieten, mits ook het blad wordt geoogst, interessant gezien de lage stikstofverliezen die optreden bij de teelt

    Voederbieten voor melkvee

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    Op veel melkveehouderijbedrijven is door de melkquotering en een stijgende melkproductie per koe een situatie ontstaan waarbij structureel meer grond beschikbaar is dan nodig is voor de ruwvoervoorziening van het vee. Mede hierdoor is de belangstelling voor de teelt van krachtvoervervangers toegenomen. Uit oogpunt van gewasopbrengst zijn voederbieten interessant gezien de hoge kVEM-opbrengst per hectare. Daarnaast zijn voederbieten, mits ook het blad wordt geoogst, interessant gezien de lage stikstofverliezen die optreden bij de teelt

    Population dynamics of bovine herpesvirus 1 infection in a dairy herd

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    An induced outbreak of a bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV1) infection in a dairy herd is described. The outbreak was induced by injecting three BHV1 seropositive cows with dexamethasone. Within 7 weeks all seronegative cows had seroconverted. Also some seropositive animals showed a significant increase in serum antibody titre. Using these data, parameters of population dynamics such as R0, the basic reproduction ratio, could be estimated. The basic reproduction ratio is a threshold value describing infection dynamics in a population. This parameter is defined as the average number of secondary cases generated by one primary case in a wholly susceptible population of defined density. In this population R0 was estimated to be at least 7. The importance of these findings, and implications for eradication of BHV1 are discussed

    Prevention of disease transmission by semen in cattle

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    To test the safety of semen two approaches can be applied: checking the end product, or continuous surveillance of the bulls before and after semen production. The first method is examination of semen for the presence of infectious agents. This method depends completely on a single investigation and therefore relies only on the sensitivity of the test method. The second method is testing the bulls for diseases before and after semen collection, based on sequential investigations for the absence of either pathogens or antibodies against infectious agents. The EU-Directive 88/407 prescribes that bulls in AI stations must be monitored for the absence of diseases, but only at 12-monthly intervals, which is a severe disadvantage. Furthermore, the directive is specific neither in the tests to be carried out nor in the specification of some pathogens (e.g. Campylobacter foetus). A programme is presented based on monthly testing of a limited number of bulls for the absence of endemic diseases only, on the basis of Hazard Analysis of Critical Control Points (HACCP). This method only applies to diseases with high transmission rates. Testing some 20% of the animals on a monthly basis can monitor these highly contagious diseases (e.g. IBR). To monitor BVDv infections, however, monthly testing of all negative animals and semen culture or semen PCR of animals that have seroconverted for this virus seems necessary. Endemic diseases with slow transmission rates in bulls do not suit such a system and can only be monitored on an individual basis
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