441 results about "Dairy cattle" patented technology

A method and apparatus for the automated milking of dairy cattle employing live capture of the teats of a dairy cow without requiring identification of a particular dairy cow or the prior knowledge of the location of the individual teats. The live capture milking apparatus locates the individual teats of a dairy cow and attaches a teatcup to the teat without the need for human intervention. After the milking operation is completed, the live capture milking apparatus returns to a home position where cleaning and sanitization the milking equipment occurs.

The invention provides livestock feed which takes nutlets, dried vegetables, dried fruits and Chinese herbal medicines as a livestock feed component and a livestock drinking water component and a livestock feeding method. The livestock feed containing the nutlet components comprises livestock feed and livestock drinking water. The livestock feed is characterized in that the livestock contains the nutlet components, wherein the nutlets comprise shelled melon-seeds (A3), peanut kernels (A4), perillaseeds (A15), sesame seeds (A25) and sesame (A34), and the number of nutlet components in the feed is greater than or equal to 1 but less than or equal to 16. Livestock comprises laying hens, broilers, dairy cattle, cattle, laying ducks and meat ducks. The livestock feed comprises a feed component (A), a feed component (B), a universal component (T), standard feed (M) and mixed feed (X). The livestock drinking water comprises a drinking water component (C), a drinking water component (D), a universal component (T), standard drinking water (W) and mixed drinking water (Y). Livestock is fed by using the livestock feed and livestock drinking water, so that the quality of eggs and milk can be improved, the quality of meat can be improved, and a great economical benefit can be brought to the livestock breeding industry.

Nucleic acid molecules comprising a SNP site selected from the group consisting of position 1296 of bovine uterine milk protein (UTMP) coding sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1), position 213 of bovine signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT1) coding sequence (SEQ ID NO: 2), position 8514 of the osteopontin (OPN) gene (SEQ ID NO: 3), or position 1070 of a bovine lectin-like oxidized LDL receptor (OLR1) coding sequence (SEQ ID NO: 4), which SNP indicates a desirable milk production trait in a dairy cattle. Also disclosed are an array or a kit comprising the same, a method for detecting the SNPs, a method for progeny testing of cattle, and a method for selectively breeding of cattle.

The invention relates to a disease-resistant health care compound Chinese herbal medicinal feed additive for dairy cattle in a perinatal period, which can prevent fatty liver for dairy cattle in the perinatal/postpartum period from happening, improves the reproductive performance of dairy cattle in the perinatal/postpartum period, and is characterized in that based on the physiological stage characteristics of the dairy cattle in the perinatal period, two compound Chinese herbal medicinal additives (an antenatal compound Chinese herbal medicinal preparation A and a postpartum compound Chinese herbal medicinal preparation B) are prepared by stages, wherein the antenatal compound Chinese herbal medicinal preparation A comprises the following raw material components in parts by weight: 15 parts of radix astragali, 15 parts of Angelica sinensis, 25 parts of medicated leaven, 20 parts of hawthorn, 15 parts of areca nut, 30 parts of felwort, 20 parts of radix bupleuri, 20 parts of fructus gardeniae, 20 parts of rhizoma alismatis, 15 parts of akebiaquinata, 20 parts of capillary Artemisia, 25 parts of Artemisia apiacea, 15 parts of rehmanniae praeparatum and 10 parts of liquorice; and the postpartum compound Chinese herbal medicinal preparation B comprises the following raw material components in parts by weight: 15 parts of angelica sinensis, 15 parts of white paeony root, 15 parts of ligusticum wallichii, 15 parts of safflower, 20 parts of peach seed, 20 parts of radix bupleuri, 30 parts of felwort, 20 parts of fructus gardeniae, 15 parts of scutellaria, 15 parts of rhizoma alismatis, 15 parts of akebiaquinata, 20 parts of rhizoma atractylodis, 20 parts of medicated leaven, 15 parts of hawthorn, 10 parts of liquorice and 15 parts of leonurus. The feed additive is stirred into a daily ration or grain feed in three steps, evenly mixed and fed to the cattle, wherein each cow needs 300g every day.

A method for breeding, especially a method for breeding dairy cattle without use of heat detection prior to insemination.

This invention provides a rumen-bypass dietary supplement in compacted particulate form. The supplement has the capability to transport fatty acid calcium salt and between about 65-96 percent of rumen-protected undegraded aminoacid content to the post-ruminal digestive system of a ruminant. A feedstock containing the supplement for ruminants benefically improves feed efficiency and body growth. The feedstock also is adapted to improve the lactational performance of dairy cattle.

The invention relates to a sensor communication system and a method for conducting monitoring through the sensor communication system. According to the system and the method, behaviors of livestock in a real cultivation scene can be monitored and analyzed by integrating the internet of things with the computer visual technology, a video surveillance and sensor network software and hardware system based on the wireless WiFi technology is set up for the first time, and the problem that a traditional cable is high in installation cost, long in consumed time and difficult to expand is solved. The behaviors of dairy cattle in the real cultivation scene can be monitored and analyzed by integrating the internet of things with the computer visual technology, monitoring and analysis for multiple broad categories of daily behaviors can be achieved, meanwhile, the occurrence of abnormal events can be monitored, and an alarm can be automatically given for the abnormal behaviors.

The invention discloses a nutrition regulating and controlling additive special for dairy cattle in a perinatal period, which consists of rumen bypass fat 300-400g/kg, vitamin A 500,000-600,000 IU, vitamin E 5000-6000 IU, selenium 3-5mg/kg, compound Chinese herbal medicine 100-200g/kg and the balance carrier, wherein the compound Chinese herbal medicine is prepared by mixing, by weight, 10% of astragalus mongholicus, 10% of codonopsis pilosula, 5% of rhizoma cyperi, 5% of rhizoma atractylodis, 10% of angelica sinensis, 10% of radix paeoniae alba, 10% of rehmannia glutinosa, 10 % of herba epimedii, 10% of beautiful sweetgum fruit, 10% of cowherb seed and 10% of leonurus. The nutrition regulating and controlling additive special for the dairy cattle in the perinatal period has the advantages of being high in technological content, full in nutrition, comprehensive in functions, remarkable in effect and capable of improving energy negative balance state of postpartum dairy cattle and promoting body condition recovery, improves immune functions of the dairy cattle in the perinatal period, enhances disease resistance, reduces incidence of mammitis, endometritis, ketosis, puerperal feverand other diseases of the postpartum dairy cattle, promoting postpartum quick oestrus and improving reproductive performance.

An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a polymorphic site selected from the group consisting of positions 164, 269, 284, 407 and 989 of SEQ ID NO: 1, an array or a kit comprising the same. Also provided are a method for detecting single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in bovine proteinase inhibitor (PI) gene, a method for haplotyping a bovine cell, a method for progeny testing of cattle based on said haplotyping, a method for selectively breeding of cattle based on haplotyping a parent animal. The present invention further provides a method for testing a dairy cattle for its milk production trait, comprising haplotyping its cells, wherein a cattle having haplotypes 1, 3, 4 or 5 indicates that the cattle has desirable milk production trait. Haplotype 1 indicates that the cattle has the most desirable milk production trait.

The invention relates to the field of feed additives, in particular to a functional dairy cattle feed additive capable of preventing subclinical mastitis of dairy cattle. According to the functional dairy cattle feed additive, based on the total weight of the additive, the functional dairy cattle feed additive contains 2%-6% of organic selenium, 2%-6% of organic zinc, 4-8% of biological antioxidant, 8%-12% of mold adsorbent, 0.2%-0.6% of vitamins, 8%-12% of conventional additive for reducing the number of somatic cells, and 50%-80% of carrier. The invention provides the functional dairy cattle feed additive capable of preventing the subclinical mastitis of the dairy cattle and reducing the number of the somatic cells, the formula is reasonable, the nutrition is balanced, the number of thesomatic cells in the dairy cattle can be effectively reduced, the incidence of the subclinical mastitis of the dairy cattle can be reduced, the good development mechanism of a mammary system can be maintained, and the milk yield and the milk quality of the dairy cattle can be improved.

The invention relates to a dairy cattle feed additive containing selenium-enriched yeast, iron-enriched yeast and zinc-enriched yeast. The dairy cattle feed additive comprises selenium-enriched yeast powder, iron-enriched yeast powder, zinc-enriched yeast powder, mycotoxin adsorbent, compound vitamin, compound probiotics and a biological antioxidant. The dairy cattle feed additive is reasonable in formula, contains various organic microelements and probiotics and is balanced in nutrition, antibiotics are not added, the number of somatic cells in milk can be effectively reduced, the occurring rate of recessive mastitis of dairy cattle is reduced, a good developmental mechanism of a mammary gland system is maintained, milk yield and milk quality are improved, white muscle disease of the dairy cattle can be prevented, the requirements of vast farmers at present can be met, and the dairy cattle feed additive is suitable for development of green healthy cultivation and production of pollution-free ruminant products.

The invention discloses animal feed which comprises the following components in parts by weight: 30-60 parts of ensilage, 10-25 parts of carrot, 3-20 parts of alkali grass, 5-20 parts of corn, 1-10 parts of acidified corn, 1-10 parts of wheat bran, 1-10 parts of wheat middling, 0.1-1 part of salt, 1-8 parts of extruded soybean, 1-8 parts of bean pulp, 1-8 parts of cottonseed cake, 0.1-0.8 part of bone meal, 0.1-1 part of fish meal, 1-10 parts of mineral premix, 0.1-0.5 part of microecologics and 0.1-1 part of rumen by-pass amino acid. The feed formula is reasonably matched, the rumen environment of the dairy cattle is regulated, the nutritive value of various components in the feed is fully exerted, the beneficial effects of improving the feed utilization rate, regulating the rumen function of the dairy cattle, improving the total milk production and lactoprotein content of dairy cows and relieving heat stress of cows are achieved, the animal feed is suitable for developing green and healthy cultivation, and pollution-free ruminant products are produced.

The invention discloses a high-energy plant-eating animal feed containing molasses. The high-energy plant-eating animal feed containing molasses is characterized by being prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 45-55 parts of molasses, 42-52 parts of vector, 1-2 parts of probiotics and 1-2 parts of bio-enzyme, and prepared by the steps of drying, fermenting, stirring, mixing and the like. The high-energy plant-eating animal feed containing molasses, which is provided by the invention, is convenient to use, has good adhesion performance, can be loosened easily, can be eaten by plant-eating animals directly, also can be mixed with other feeds, is capable of improving the dietary energy level greatly and increasing the dry matter intake of dairy cattle, and also has the effect of activating the number and activity of rumen microorganisms, thereby improving the feed digestibility.

The invention provides feed for improving the productivity of newly born dairy calf. The feed comprises main feed, enzyme additive, zeolite, microelement premix, vitamin premix, lime powder, table salt and traditional herbal medicine additive for improving the productivity of calf. The feed provided by the invention can improve the immunity of the newly born dairy calf, adjust the micro-ecological balance of the gastrointestinal tract of the dairy calf, ensure the healthy growth of the daily calf, enhance the stress resistance of the dairy calf and the resistance of the organism against external microorganism invasion, and increase the weight increasing speed and the feed conversion rate.

The invention discloses a traditional Chinese medicine micro-ecologic preparation and a preparation method thereof. The traditional Chinese medicine micro-ecologic preparation includes following components: probiotics, a traditional Chinese medicine composition and yeast cell wall polysaccharide, wherein the probiotics comprise bacillus coagulans, lactic acid bacteria, bacillus subtilis and bacillus licheniformis; and the traditional Chinese medicine composition includes dandelion, honeysuckles, cowherb seeds, fructus forsythia, loofah sponge and Lygodium flexuosum. The traditional Chinese medicine composition can enhance activity of the probiotics and enhance a colonization capability of the probiotics. Meanwhile, the traditional Chinese medicine composition can effectively prevent and treat recessive mastitis of dairy cattle.

The invention discloses an anti-oxidization and anti-pollution compound nutritional block for dairy cattle and an application thereof, belonging to the technical field of blocks for the dairy cattle. The anti-oxidization and anti-pollution compound nutritional block takes molasses, urea, vitamins and mineral elements as main raw materials; a natural antioxidant substance, a traditional Chinese medicine extract and a condiment extract are scientifically compounded and the prepared compound nutritional block for the dairy cattle has moderate hardness, is moisture-proof and breakage-proof and has strong weather resistance; the content of infectious microbes of a lapping face of the block is low and is 0.015% of control group; the milk yield of milk secretion dairy cattle can be obviously improved by 19.02%; the first estrus time can be shortened for 13 days after delivery of the dairy cattle, the conception rate of the dairy cattle at a first estrus period after delivery is improved by 16.5% and the estrus rate of the dairy cattle crowd after delivery is 18.4%; the feed intake of the dairy cattle and the organism immunity of the dairy cattle can be improved effectively; the occurrence rates of nutritional diseases including dairy cattle allotriphagia, hoof rot, white muscle diseases, paralysis of the dairy cattle after delivery, rickets, mastitis, rough fur and feather and the like are reduced obviously and are averagely reduced by 3.3-16.7%.

A detecting method for dairy cattle comprises the steps of: automatically measuring lying and standing times for a milking animal by a sensor; automatically comparing the measured lying and standing times for said milking animal with reference values of lying and standing times; and automatically establishing whether said milking animal is in heat or not based on said comparison. The automatic sensor may also be used for measuring a health parameter of the milking animal.

The invention discloses a concentrate supplement used in the later perinatal period of dairy cattle and a preparation method thereof. The concentrate supplement comprises the following components in parts by mass: 55-65 parts of granules, 32-39 parts of laminated grains and 3-4 parts of molasses, wherein the granules comprise the following substances in parts by mass: 32-39 parts of high-fat ethanol stillage and raffinate dry products thereof (with fat content being more than 8%), 15-19 parts of corn germ meal, 9-13 parts of cottonseed meal, 8-10 parts of soybean meal, 4-8 parts of rapeseed meal, 2-6 parts of wheat bran, 3-6 parts of brown sugar, 2.2-2.5 parts of mountain flour, 3-5 parts of yeast culture, 2.0-2.4 parts of calcium hydrophosphate, 1.4-1.6 parts of sodium bicarbonate, 0.80-0.86 part of salt, 0.4-0.6 part of magnesium oxide, 1 part of 1% of premix in the later perinatal period of dairy cattle and 1.4-1.8 parts of dairy cattle Chanhoukang. The concentrate supplement provided by the invention has the function of quickly recovering rumens, and reduces metabolic diseases and reproductive failure diseases in the later perinatal period. The feeding experiment results in the later perinatal period of dairy cattle show that the concentrate supplement can improve the feed intake, milk yield and quick uterine involution in the later perinatal period and improve the milk quality.

The invention relates to a detection kit of cow milk progesterone content which belongs to a detection kit. The kit contains progesterone monoclonal antibody which can perform the specific reaction with progesterone in dairy cattle. The kit is subject to strict inspections and can be used to measure the concentration of progesterone in a sample. The kit is the first independently developed cow milk progesterone detection kit in China, and the accuracy and minimum detectable quantity of the kit both meet the national standards.