Dairy
Lameness is a severe issue that is obvious in a lot of herds in the country with grazing herds experiencing difference issues than herds...
Dairy Technical
To control, manage and treat infectious lameness on farms, footbathing of herds is required - especially during the housed period.
The footbathing of cows is an important measure to prevent certain types of lameness from occurring in your herd.
The footbathing of cow is an important management tool to prevent issues lameness in cows along with locomotion scoring and other tools.
Environment
The Department of Agriculture has issued advice on the use of antibiotics for foot-bathing cattle, warning against 'off-label' treatment.
Buildings
In this weeks's buildings focus, we visit Mattie and Hugh Gaffney – a father-and-son team – who run a herd of 110 predominately British Friesian cows under a spring calving system. Eddie, Hugh’s brother, also lends a helping hand whenever he gets the opportunity.
