2024 WCDS Proceedings
2024
Table of Contents
| Preface | Advisory Committee | Sponsors |
Keynote
The Future of Sustainability in the Dairy Industry: A Focus on Net Zero
Sara Place
Session I: Resilience through Sustainability
Supplying Canadian Demand: Economic Sustainability and Supply Management
Matthew Gaudreau
Sustainable Canadian Dairy: Why it is Important and How it is Being Achieved
Connie McLellan
Sustainability and On-Farm Realities: Our Journey
Annie AcMoody
Session II: Nutrition
Feed Preference & DMI: Is there a Real-World Link that NASEM Predictive Models Miss?
Paul Kononoff
Session III: Transition Management
Transitioning to Success: The Intersection Between Peripartum Nutrition, Health & Reproduction
Jose Santos
Mining Dry Period Data for Insights into Improved Lactation Performance
Barry Bradford
Session IV Student Research
Effects of omega-3 fatty acids supplementation on reproduction of dairy cows
Guilherme Madureira
Effects of protected and unprotected butyrate supplementation on growth performance and fermentation profile in dairy calves
Diego Martinez Mayorga
Effects of outdoor access on the pathogen-specific incidence rate of clinical mastitis of lactating cows in Alberta
Berina Traub
Session V: Producer Panel and Virtual Farm Tours
Sustainability and Resilience – Producer Panel
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Session VI: Animal Welfare
Revised Dairy Code of Practice: What Will it Really Mean for Us?
Clem Nash
Mindful Pain Management: Addressing Both Visible and Unseen Pain in Dairy Cows
Kate Creutzinger
Session VII: Future Proofing: Designing 2050 Ready Facilities
A Producer’s Perspective on Best Practices in Robotic Barn Design
Anton Borst
Session VIII: Disaster Management: Lessons Learned
When Disaster Strikes – Living though the BC Floods
Lisa McCrea
All-Hazard Type Events: Producer Preparation and Response
Katherine Altman
Session IX: The New Age of Digital Agriculture
Practicing Strategic Social Media Engagement in Agriculture: Controlling the Narrative
Kevin Folta
Dairy Farming 2.0: Milking the Potential of Artificial Intelligence
Diego Nobrega
Poster Competition Abstracts
Testing a computer-based method to analyze and identify different Mycoplasma bovis strains using targeted DNA enrichment
M. M. Biesheuvel, P. Morley, L. Pinnel, E. Doster, R. Valeris-Chacin, and H. W. Barkema
Longitudinal analysis of digital dermatitis in cattle: Identifying the bacteria initiating lesion development
A. Dias, C. Gammariello, K. Orsel, and J. De Buck
Investigating what makes Staphylococcus chromogenes the most prevalent staphylococcus species in milk
M. Ghanduri and J. De. Buck
Histology and kinetics of IgG transport in the neonatal bovine small intestine during the first 24 hours of life
R. L. Hiltz, D. Vine, D. R. Barreda, and A. H. Laarman
Effects of ruminal short-chain fatty acids and pH on performance and hindgut fermentation of pre-weaned dairy calves
M. H. P. M. Narciso, A. R. Wolfe, R. R. E. Uwiera, and A. H. Laarman
Herd-level prevalence of bovine leukemia virus, Salmonella Dublin and Neospora caninum in Alberta dairy herds using ELISA on bulk tank milk samples
W. Shaukat, E. de Jong, K. D. McCubbin, M. Biesheuvel, F. van der Meer, J. De Buck, G. Lhermie, D. Hall, K. Kalbfleisch, J. Kastelic, K. Orsel, and H. W. Barkema
Effect of SCFA concentration and pH on health and hematology in pre-weaned Holstein dairy calves
A. Wolfe, M. H. P. M. Narciso, R. R. E. Uwiera, and A. H. Laarman
Effect of dietary supplementation with bovine derived Bifidobacterium longum spp. longum and resistant potato starch on the health and growth of neonatal calves
X. Wu, P. Griebel, N. Malmuthuge, and L. Guan
General Abstracts
Effect of oral Ca boluses on serum Ca concentration, health events, milk yield, activity and rumination behavior in Holstein cows
M. G. Colazo, K. Macmillan, A. Behrouzi, and M. Gobikrushanth
Associating reproductive physiology and automated monitoring technologies to predict fertility of dairy herds: II. lactating Holstein cattle
R. Conceicao, M. Madureira, J. Marques, J. Maciel, J. Denis-Robichaud, S. Moore, C. Baes, and R. Cerri
The potential for genetic selection against Bovine Spastic Syndrome (Crampy) in Canadian Holstein dairy cattle
G. Condello, I. Hermisdorff, C. Lynch, C. M. Rochus, F. S. Schenkel, B. J. Van Doormaal, F. Miglior, and C. Baes
Classifying Holstein dairy cows by body condition score and the effects on dry matter intake and milk production during the late dry period and early postpartum period
K. Dekraker, M. Boerefyn, S. Cartwright, S. Jantzi, A. Pineda, C. Villot, and M. A. Steele
Effect of oat variety and oat type (feed-type vs milling-type) with multi-year samples on nutrient supply from rumen degradable and undegradable protein and carbohydrate fractions in western Canada
G. Deng, M. E. Rodriguez Espinosa, D. A. Christensen, H. Lardner, and P. Yu
Anogenital distance as a novel trait for enhancing fertility in Canadian Holsteins
G. Dodd, F. Miglior, F. S. Schenkel, T. C. Bruinjé, M. Gobikrushanth, J. Carrelli, Masahito Oba, D. J. Ambrose, and C. F. Baes
The effects of pellet starch concentration and allocation amount for Holstein cows in early, mid, and late lactation in an automatic milking system
S. C. Dondé, A. J. Schwanke, T. DeVries, R. C. da Silva, and G. B. Penner
The longitudinal effects of topical treatment on chronic and recurring cases of digital dermatitis
C. S. Gammariello, A. P. Dias, and J. De Buck
Development of prairie environment friendly and value-added pellet products to mitigate ruminant methane: Effect of hydrolysable tannin as phytochemical feed additive on total digestible nutrient and energy values in beef and dairy cattle
T. Hidayat, M. E. Rodriguez Espinoza, R. Newkirk, H. Lardner, and P. Yu
Evaluation of the newly developed value-added blended fat stimulated feed product (bfsfp): Comparison with commercial protein and energy feeds in total digestible nutrients and energy profile
U. Ihsan, L. Prates, H. Lardner, R. Newkirk, M.E. Rodriguez Espinosa, and P. Yu
Exploring dairy farmer well-being in the context of animal health and welfare: A One Welfare perspective
A. Le Heiget, H. Tambadou, B. Zwick, V. Fraser-Celin, B. Hagen, A. Jones, J. Kinley, E. Pajor, J. C. Plazier, K. Ominski, and M. King
A comprehensive evaluation of the genetic background of rumination time in first-lactation dairy cows
L. Lopes, F. Schenkel, D. Tulpan, and C. Baes
Kinematic metrics for pain as a negative affective state in dairy cows
E. R. Lowen, M. A. Ganley, H. J. Perez Marquez, and C. J. Bench
Genetic selection for reducing dairy calf diarrhea and respiratory disease
C. Lynch, F. S. Schenkel, F. Miglior, D. Kelton, and C. F. Baes
Associating reproductive physiology and automated monitoring technologies to predict fertility of dairy herds: I. Holstein heifers
J. Marques, A. Boyle, R. Conceicao, A. Madureira, J. Maciel, S. Moore, J. Denis-Robichaud, C. Baes, and R. Cerri
Investigating the impact of beta-hydroxybutyrate concentrations on dairy cow behaviour and productivity for cows milked in robotic milking systems
S. Moore, J. Marques, R. Conceicao, and R. Cerri
Effect of maturity stage on rumen degradable and undegradable subfractions of protein and carbohydrate of intercropping whole plant oat (Avena sativa cv. CDC Haymaker) with whole plant faba bean (Vicia faba cv. CDC Snowbird) as hay in ruminant livestock systems, evaluated with the updated CNCPS system
C. Nagy, V. Guevara-Oquenda, D. A. Christensen, H. Lardner, M. E. Rodriguez Espinosa, and P. Yu
Effect of maturity stage on true protein supply to dairy cows and feed milk value of intercropping whole- plant oat (Avena sativa cv. CDC Haymaker) with whole plant faba bean (Vicia faba cv. CDC Snowbird) as hay in ruminant livestock systems, evaluated with the DVE/OEB system
C. Nagy, V. Guevara-Oquenda, D. A. Christensen, H. Lardner, M. E. Rodriguez Espinosa, and P. Yu
Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis shedding and seropositivity in young stock on MAP-infected Alberta dairy farms
A. C. Pereira, K. Orsel, J. De Buck, L. Martins, M. M. Biesheuvel, and H. W. Barkema
Effects of Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. boulardii CNCM I-1079 probiotic supplementation during the late dry and early postpartum periods on feed intake and production responses of dairy cows
A. Pineda, S. Jantzi, K. Dekraker, S. Cartwright, M. Boerefyn, C. Villot, and M. A. Steele
Effects of calf starter, weaning, and butyrate supplementation on hindgut development in Holstein calves
S. G. Sayles, A. E. Mark, R. L. Hiltz, D. E. McCurdy, S. Moreland, K. Klanderman, and A. H. Laarman
Linking farm management to dairy farmer mental and physical well-being
H. Tambadou, B. Zwick, A. Le Heiget, B. Hagen, A. Jones, J. Kinley, J. C. Plazier, K. Ominski, C. Winder, E. Pajor, and M. King
Understanding the connection between dairy farmer mental health and well-being and cattle health in Western Canada and Ontario
B. Zwick, H. Tambadou, A. Le Heiget, B. Hagen, A. Jones, C. Winder, E. Pajor, J. Kinley, J. C. Plazier, K. Ominski, and M. King