Feeding for fertility : how early-life nutrition impacts dairy herds

Abstract

The Guinness World Record holder cow for lifetime milk production, Smurf from Ontario in Canada, achieved an average daily milk output of 35,4ℓ. Meanwhile, Marília FIV Teatro de Naylo, a cow from Brazil, holds the record for the largest milk yield in 24 hours, producing an astonishing 123,61ℓ through mechanical milking.