Dairy Technical
Impact of a retained placenta in dairy cows
A retained placenta is when a cow or heifer fails to expel their afterbirth within 24 hours post-parturition. In some...
Cow Health
Dairy Technical
Adjusting mineral supplementation as growth returns
Mineral supplementation for cows is important to ensure they remain healthy during their lactation and are able to achieve maximum...
Dairy Technical
Could your cows be deficient in phosphorus?
Phosphorus (P) deficiency can be exacerbate by a dry/cold spell in April according to Dr. Joe Patton a dairy specialist...
Dairy
Identifying 'dirty cows' to boost fertility performance
‘Dirty cows’ or cows with metritis have become a major cause of poor reproductive performance in many dairy herds. Metritis...
Dairy
Don't forget to monitor BSC post calving
Rapid body condition score (BCS) loss post-calving can cause health implications or failure to go back in-calf in the future....
Dairy
Milk fever: Disease associated with calving that farmers will be trying to avoid
With calving having already started on some farms and it being just around the corner on many other dairy farms,...
Dairy
Reducing the spread of Johne’s disease
Johne’s disease is a bacterial disease of cattle, which can have a negative economic impact on farms. With calving gathering...
Dairy
Mastitis in dairy cows: Causes and prevention
Mastitis is the most economically challenging disease on a dairy farm, with freshly-calved cows and heifers the most susceptible to...
Dairy
Preventing mastitis in early lactation
Mastitis is the most economically challenging disease on a dairy farm, it causes the swelling of the cow’s udder tissue...
Dairy
What is Johne's disease?
Johne’s disease is a bacterial disease of cattle and other ruminants for which there is currently no cure. Johne’s is...
Dairy
'Farmers need to be proactive about lameness'
Lameness is the number one welfare issue on dairy farms and a lame cow could “cost you up to €300/cow/year”....
Dairy
'3% higher culling rate from such a small disease'
Last week, at a breeding event held by MSD Animal Health in Teagasc Moorepark, Cara Sheridan – a technical adviser...
Dairy
Could the MooMonitor+ be the answer to less antibiotic usage on farms?
Two new studies on the Dairymaster MooMonitor+ system – for monitoring cows behaviour – show an “extremely high accuracy of...
Dairy
Don't let 'dirty cows' hinder your herd's fertility performance
‘Dirty cows’ or cows with metritis have become a major cause of poor reproductive performance in many dairy herds. Metritis...
Dairy
Why BCS needs careful attention post-calving
Rapid body condition score (BCS) loss post-calving can cause health implications or failure to go back in-calf in the future....
Dairy
Holy cow: Window in cow's side shows what cud happen during digestion!
A Jersey X cow called Portia has been living with a window in her stomach since 2002 at Tufts University in...
Dairy
Smart milk sampling designed to reduce mastitis costs
Udder health is important for cow health and good milk production and the use of Somatic Cell Count (SCC) has...
