Dairy
The heavy rain over the weekend will more than likely have brought a halt to the majority of grazing around the country.
With the majority of cows now housed, farmers should consider updating existing roadways in an effort to prevent lameness.
Lameness is a scourge seen in over 10% of the national dairy herd, which becomes even harder to control at this time of the year.
As the end of the grazing season approaches, farmers should be considering foot bathing their cows to protect against winter lameness.
Lameness issues often escalate in the late lactation and moving into the autumn months as conditions and weather slowly begin to deteriorate
Agri-Business
A new initiative from Animal Health Ireland (AHI) to address lameness in dairy herds is set to get underway with 10 pilot dairy farms.
Farmers should be looking at the ground conditions as an opportunity to revamp roadways to prevent lameness this autumn and into next...
Lameness may become an issue as cows are getting closer to the end of their lactation and will only be getting heavier in calf by the day,..
Lameness can become a huge issue on dairy farms at this time of the year as cows are still holding milk production, walking long distances,..
Moorepark '25 saw an influx of people exploring the information villages, one of which was themed One Health, One Welfare.
A new series of short Animal Health Ireland (AHI) videos on dairy cow lameness, now available online, have been launched
Lameness is a huge problem on Irish dairy farms and can seriously impact on costs and profits and so identifying issues through locomotion...
Animal Health Ireland (AHI) is to launch a new plan which it says will address lameness in cows on dairy farms.
Without good roadways and grazing infrastructure on dairy farms, grass utilisation is going to be limited as access to paddocks in difficult..
As the breeding season progresses and as oestrus activity hopefully begins to settle down, farmers should look at cow flow and congestion...
Foot bathing is often only done when cows are fully indoors during the winter months, as most infectious lameness issues are more prevalent..
Cows are enjoying the good weather and enjoying lush covers of grass as growth rates have powered on, but lameness can become an issue as...
Lameness poses serious threat to cow's health and welfare and as we move into May, roadways and surfaces need to be maintained...
As we enter into the final few weeks before the breeding season, it is crucial that cases of lameness are kept to a minimum...
As cows go out to paddocks and get used to travelling on roadways this spring, white line disease and sole bruising are common ailments.
The majority of heifers will already have calved down this spring and preventing them from lameness is crucial.
During calving, cows are under pressure going from calving down to milking and going from cubicles to paddocks, which can cause lameness.
It can be argued that lameness is one of the main animal health and welfare issues on dairy farms and now that the busy calving season is...
