Dairy Technical
The importance of giving cows an adequate dry period
Providing cows with a dry period is vital, to allow them to regenerate udder tissue after completing a lactation. Cows...
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Israeli farm trials show potential to reduce antibiotics usage in cows
Mileutis, an Israeli-based biopharmaceutical animal and human health company, has completed a rigorous, randomised, case-controlled, clinical field trial. The results...
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Dairy advice: Drying off cows this autumn
The drying off of cows has begun on many farms, with almost all herds due to begin the process in...
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Dairy advice: Clipping tails ahead of drying off
Clipping tails involves removing excess hair from a cow’s tail. It is a practice done on most dairy farms in...
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Mastitis prevention during the housed period
The dry period can be a high-risk time for cows picking up mastitis-causing infections, which often present early in the...
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Time to BCS your spring-calving cows
Ahead of drying off, it is important to determine the body condition score (BCS) of spring-calving cows. To ensure that...
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Advice: Organise a milk recording before drying off
Organise a milk recording ahead of drying off was the advice for farmers issued by Joris Somers, Tirlán’s veterinary advisor....
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Milk recording: One million cows recorded in 2022
According to the latest data from the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) on milk recording 1,055,932 cows, from 9,031 herds,...
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The CMT can play a vital role ahead of drying-off
The California Mastitis Test (CMT) is a useful tool that can used alongside milk recording to identify cows with high cell...
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Autumn calving: Hygiene critical during drying-off
The drying-off of autumn-calving cows has started on farms, with this being the beginning of the next lactation for cows....
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Preparation for drying off autumn-calving cows
Preparation for drying off autumn-calving cows has started on many herds across the country. The drying-off process signals of the...
Dairy Technical
Steps to follow for successfully drying off your cows
The drying off of spring-calving cows has begun on many farms, as they wind down ahead of the winter dry...
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Drying off: Selecting cows for SDCT
Selective dry cow therapy (SDCT) has become increasingly more popular on Irish dairy farms as January’s 2022 changes loom. January...
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Have you assessed your cow's BCS yet?
The drying off of cows is just around the corner on many farms, with body condition score (BCS) being key...
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Grass growth: Making use of grass in deteriorating conditions
As we head into mid-October there has been a further reduction in grass growth rates, with temperatures continuing to drop...
Dairy Technical
Time to start planning for drying off cows
The next major event of a spring-calving cow’s lactation will be the drying off process, which for some cows may...
Dairy News
Selective dry cow therapy proving beneficial - AFBI
Recent trial work carried out by the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) has highlighted the benefits of selective dry cow...
Dairy Technical
Time to start thinking about drying off autumn-calving cows
Autumn-calving cows are approaching the end of their lactations and are now at the point where farmers may be considering...