Dairy Cattle Resources
Solving your challenges starts with understanding them. Review our research and resources to see how the industry’s leading professionals are working to solve the most significant threats to dairy health and productivity.
A Commonsense Approach to Managing Heat Stress
Simple Measures Can Have a Big Effects on Cows Comfort and Production
Dairy’s Most Profit-Draining Challenges — Hemorrhagic Bowel Syndrome (Q&A)
Dairy technical expert Dr. Scott Bascom answers common questions about hemorrhagic bowel syndrome (HBS).
Nutrition’s Role in Mitigating the Effects of Heat Stress
Learn how OmniGen nutritional specialty products offer immune support to help your cows handle the effects of heat stress.
“Nutritional Solutions to Help Support Healthy Dairy Cows” Brochure
More information about how the OmniGen family of nutritional products help you solve for your toughest challenges.
The Link Between Immunosuppression and HBS
Where are the stressors affecting cows on your dairy?
Dairy’s Most Profit-Draining Challenges — Hemorrhagic Bowel Syndrome
Dairy health experts demystify a syndrome that can impact highly productive cows with little warning.
Support Your Herd’s Immunity with OmniGen®
Maintaining a healthy immune system is one of the dairy producer’s most economically rewarding management tools. Learn how to put your cows’ immune systems to work for you in this video.
AF Prevalence Trends Triannual Report
– August 2022
Testing for the presence of AF is a useful tool for screening feed samples to determine which feeds pose a higher risk of exposing cows to this fungus. This report summarizes AF prevalence in feed samples from 2013 to 2022, with a special spotlight on the last 12 months.
Connecting Aspergillus fumigatus and Hemorrhagic Bowel Syndrome
An interview with HBS expert Dr. Jim Chapman, Ph.D., Senior Research Leader, Phibro Animal Health Corporation.
Hemorrhagic Bowel Syndrome: Are Your Highly Productive Cows at Risk?
HBS expert shares five tips to keep the deadly syndrome at bay.
Heat Stress Technical Bulletin
Heat is one of many stressors that can affect your herd’s health and productivity.
Measuring and Managing HBS and Other Costly Issues
Minnesota dairy producer teams up with Phibro to assess a herd fraught with health and production challenges1.
Stop Heat Stress from Draining Your Profits (Q&A)
How Feeding OmniGen® Can Bolster Your Dairy Cattle’s Immune System to Better Defend Against Challenges.
Researchers from Phibro, University of Florida Study the Effects of Feeding OmniGen® on Reproductive Performance
Feeding OmniGen AF to dairy cows from dry-off to 150 DIM was associated with improved health and performance1.
Study Examines Role of Immunomodulatory Feed Additives in Boosting Immunity and Lowering Mammary Infections
Findings suggest OmniGen AF prepares animals to better resist mastitis infection1
Nutritional Immunomodulation + Heat Stress – How Are Your Cows Affected?
Study examines the effects of nutritional immunomodulation and heat stress during the dry period on the next lactation performance of dairy cows.1
The Costly Effects of Heat Stress on Dairy Productivity
Unmitigated heat stress can cost an average of $264 per cow2 per year. Fortunately, there are products designed to help.
Dairy Gains Insight from a Stress Assessment
Phibro Stress Assessment, a systematic and comprehensive evaluation that identifies the presence and level of stressors on a dairy. A total of 11 stressors are evaluated during the stress assessment.
HBS Reference Guide
This guide is a quick reference tool containing the latest insights and studies of HBS and its effect on dairy herds. We have collected valuable information on the subject, including the latest studies, the impact on operations, expert opinions, the relationship between HBS and Aspergillus fumigatus, and the benefits of supporting the immune system.
Dairy’s Most Profit-Draining Challenges—Heat Stress
Dairy health experts discuss the potential long-term effects of heat stress.
Ingredients Selected by Efficacy – Not by Name
While other products may feature ingredients of the same name, these general classifications of ingredients vary significantly in chemical composition and, subsequently, in biological activity.
The Immune System of Ruminants Report
The immune system is a multi-layered complex collection of cells and mechanisms essential for maintaining health and for protecting the body from a wide variety of disease-causing organisms or pathogens.
Hemorrhagic Bowel Syndrome Technical Bulletin
Hemorrhagic Bowel Syndrome (HBS) is characterized as an acute and sometimes massive hemorrhage in the small intestine (Rowson and LaFaunce, 2014, Figure 1).
Four Ways to Protect Your Dairy Cows
Learn how OmniGen nutritional specialty products are formulated to support your herd through some of your operation’s toughest challenges.
Results You Can See. Returns You Can’t Ignore.
In this newer dairy normal, there’s no escaping change. Especially when you’re trying to control costs in an uncertain market.
OmniGen Research Publications
This collection of published university research and field studies shows that continual use of OmniGen helps support a healthy immune system, which may lead to fewer health events, lower somatic cell counts and fewer cases of mastitis and metritis.
Inflammation: Risks and Rewards
Inflammation is a powerful immunological mechanism that can both help and harm the cow. By increasing your understanding of the role inflammation plays in a healthy immune system, you can promote rapid resolutions of the inflammatory response.
Reproductive Performance and Transition to Fresh Cow Immunity
Michael Hodgman, DVM, explains why immunity is lowered during the transition period and shares how this might affect a cow’s reproductive rates and days open
Producer Checklist: Help Optimize Reproductive Performance and Reduce Days Open
Expert tips for managing the depth and duration of immunosuppression to help improve reproduction rates
Days Open Technical Bulletin
Recent research has expanded our understanding of the impacts of fresh cow diseases on reproduction in dairy cows, and how these diseases work to affect reproductive performance.
Mastitis Technical Bulletin
Mastitis is the most common disease in the dairy industry and identified as the third reason cows are permanently removed from a herd (NAHMS, 2014). Mastitis results in considerable economic losses for dairy producers.
The Value of Improving Fertility
Supplementation Can Lead to Improved Fertility and Increased Producers’ Bottom Lines.
Study Finds Cows Fed OmniGen® Had 10 Fewer Days Open
University Studies Show Improved Dairy Cow Reproductive Performance
Research Trial Examines the Effects of Feeding OmniGen® on a Dairy Cattle Herd Experiencing Major Health Issues
University of Georgia with Phibro research team examines OmniGen’s impact on mastitis prevalence and somatic cell counts during stress period.
Reduced Days Open
Learn how OmniGen nutritional specialty products can help improve immune response leading to fewer health events, which may decrease days open.
Help Safeguard Dairy Cows from Hemorrhagic Bowel Syndrome
Q&A WITH JIM CHAPMAN, PH.D., SENIOR RESEARCH LEADER, PHIBRO ANIMAL HEALTH CORPORATION
HBS + AF Facts
While HBS is unpredictable and fatal, OmniGen nutritional specialty products offer immune support that can serve as an important line of defense.
Connecting the Dots Between Immunity and HBS Incidence
How Feeding OmniGen® Can Bolster Your Dairy Cattle’s Immune System to Better Defend Against Challenges.
Markers of Immunity: Trial Measures RNA Differences When Animals are Fed Various Feed Additives
Study Provides Insights into Immune Function Allowing Greater Understanding of Dairy Cows’ Ability to Defend Against Diseases and Syndromes Like HBS.
Optimize Cow Comfort and Health to Help Decrease Mastitis Incidence
Dr. Rodrigo Souza Explores the Risks and Indications of Subclinical and Clinical Mastitis
Udder Health, Milk Yield and Milk Quality
University of Georgia Study Evaluates Holstein Heifers Fed OmniGen® AF from Five Months Until Freshening, Measures Impact on Mastitis, SCC and Milk Yield
Continuing Education For Dairy Professionals
Impact of Heat Stress Throughout the Lactation Cycle
The High Fertility Cycle
The Impacts of Stress on Dairy Cattle Health & Performance
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Dairy Cattle Products
OmniGen® nutritional specialty products can help supplement your management strategy with a proven 2.5:1 return on investment.3
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