Dairy
500 dairy farm families are set to be recognised at the annual CellCheck Milking for Quality Awards taking place next month.
Animal Health Ireland (AHI) celebrated its 11th annual CellCheck awards last Thursday night in the Killashee Hotel, Naas, Co. Kildare...
Dairy News
The Animal Health Ireland (AHI) 10th annual CellCheck awards took place last night in the Killashee Hotel, Naas, Co. Kildare.
The Animal Health Ireland (AHI) CellCheck awards took place yesterday evening (Thursday, November 10) at the Killashee House hotel.
Dairy Technical
Farmers are beginning to plan for drying off cows, with many planning on using selective dry cow therapy (SDCT) for the first time this year.
At the recent farm walk at Rockwell farm, Michelle McGrath from AHI spoke to the group of young farmers about mastitis control on farms.
With three years before major changes to blanket antibiotic usage on dry cow therapy, farmers have been warned that approaches must change.
The CellCheck Milking For Quality Awards ceremony was held today (Thursday, November 29,) in the Lyrath Hotel, Co. Kilkenny.
With the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the armoury of medications available to farmers when it comes to drying off their cows is set to decline.
Steps taken by farmers when drying off cows can have a significant impact on mastitis levels during the dry period and the following lactation.
This year, two new categories have been added to the CellCheck Milking For Quality awards, Animal Health Ireland (AHI) has announced.
Detect subclinical mastitis quick and easy this spring in cows and first lactation animals with the California Mastitis Test (CMT).
Some 500 milk suppliers were recently awarded by Cellcheck for having the lowest somatic cell count (SCC) for the previous year's supply.
CellCheck is advising dairy farmers to get to grips with CMT; a quick and easy cow-side test that is useful for detecting subclinical mastitis, it says.
