Annotation and Bibliographic

This article talks about how dairy cows are being exposed to produced diseases that cause them to lose nutrients to support milk production. They believe that some of the produced diseases to cause this are inconsistency of nutrient intake, unsuitable diet and environment, and improper breeding. One of the ways that the dairy cows are more likely to obtain the produced diseases are 3 weeks before they give birth and 3 weeks after they give birth. At the end they hope to have farmers to be more honest about their care for the cows to the dairy industry. Because if they are not honest it shows the lameness of their care for their cows and causes them to bring in less profit. With farmers being able to take care of the dairy cows with proper care the will be more reliable to the dairy industry, the customers, and the retailers. This article applies to my field because I want to be a veterinarian for large animals. With this article I am exposed to an issue that concerns diary cows. From this information I am able to stay alert and be willing to help out this issue by examining different dairy cows to make sure they are not being exposed to produced diseases.

Doherty, Michael. "Production diseases: A major health, welfare and economic problem on dairy farms."  The Veterinary Journal 176.1 (2008): 1-2. Web. 1 Feb. 2011.