‘Farmers need to be proactive about lameness’ June 4, 2019 Dairy Lameness is the number one welfare issue on dairy farms and a lame cow could “cost you up to €300/cow/year”. On last week’s…
‘3% higher culling rate from such a small disease’ May 6, 2019 Dairy Last week, at a breeding event held by MSD Animal Health in Teagasc Moorepark, Cara Sheridan – a technical adviser with MSD –…
Could the MooMonitor+ be the answer to less antibiotic usage on farms? May 3, 2019 Dairy Two new studies on the Dairymaster MooMonitor+ system – for monitoring cows behaviour – show an “extremely high accuracy of the system for…
Don’t let ‘dirty cows’ hinder your herd’s fertility performance March 30, 2019 Dairy ‘Dirty cows’ or cows with metritis have become a major cause of poor reproductive performance in many dairy herds. Metritis can cause a…
Why BCS needs careful attention post-calving February 23, 2019 Dairy Rapid body condition score (BCS) loss post-calving can cause health implications or failure to go back in-calf in the future. BCS loss is…
Holy cow: Window in cow’s side shows what cud happen during digestion! May 16, 2015 Dairy A Jersey X cow called Portia has been living with a window in her stomach since 2002 at Tufts University in the US. So…
Smart milk sampling designed to reduce mastitis costs March 25, 2015 Dairy Udder health is important for cow health and good milk production and the use of Somatic Cell Count (SCC) has proven to be…
