Managing Biotoxins - Aflatoxin
Aflatoxins are extremely toxic to both livestock and people. Even when fed at lower than lethal levels, aflatoxins can seriously impair animal health and productivity...
May is Beef Month! Please join us in celebrating hard working beef producers that provide consumers with high quality protein! Beef is one of the most complex livestock animals to raise and is the...
Dairy Kind - Interview with Michelle Schack, D.V.M.
Dr. Michelle Schack, D.V.M., didn’t grow up around agriculture, but she got there as fast as she could. She grew up in the bay area of California near Silicon Valley in a very urban area. As a chil...
Celebrating Earth Day: Nurturing Animals, Nurturing Our Planet
As we celebrate Earth Day, it's crucial to reflect on the interconnectedness of all life on our planet. At MicroBasics, we understand that the well-being of animals and the health of our environmen...
Biotoxins are toxic substances that are a threat to human and animal health...
Benefits of Feed Supplementation of Yucca Schidigera
Yucca schidigera (YS) is a species of plants that grows in abundance in the southwestern United Staes and northern Mexico. YS contains a variety of phytochemicals such as saponins, polyphenols, an...
Tour of Creekside Robotic Dairy
I recently had the opportunity to tour a new robot dairy in my neighborhood. Strangely enough, it is the first robot dairy I have ever been to! I was very impressed by the calm environment and use...
Introducing Youth to Agriculture Through 4-H Swine Projects - Interview with John Garrard
John Garrard grew up raising pigs. He showed pigs in 4-H all his growing up years and his dad kept 10-15 sows which they bred and raised the piglets up to market weight. It was always something he ...
Programming Calf Immunity Through Dry Cow Management
Bethany Dado-Senn grew up on a 500 cow dairy farm in North Western Wisconsin. Her family raises all their youngstock and homegrown crops. She attended UW Madison for her undergrad focusing on Dairy...
The gut microbiota of swine have very important functions in the health and well-being of the animal. The gut microbiome provides the pig with many factors including improved energy availability, p...