Dairy
The next couple of weeks are crucial in getting prepared for the arrival of calves for autumn calving herds and pneumonia prevention...
Calving has arrived or only around the corner for a lot of autumn herds and the final few preparations need to be made to ensure calf health..
Calf pens and calf sheds will begin to fill up on farms across the country, and as houses get full, pneumonia can become an issue.
The calving season has kicked off which means that day by day, sheds will be filling up with calves and the risk of pneumonia will increase..
We are now only a matter of days away from the start of the calving season and any last minute tweaks that need to be made to your calf shed
The last few days of 2024 have certainly been quite mild and these mild conditions can pose a threat to housed cattle and young stock...
Beef
The use of a new process known as 'thoracic ultrasound' for detecting Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) in cattle was recently...
As the autumn calving season has well and truly taken off, with more calves on the ground day by day, pneumonia is something to be wary...
At this time of the year it is a good idea to start thinking about your vaccination programme as we're coming to the pre-housing period.
Dairy Technical
Calf sheds are on many farms now full and the bacterial load on them in now quite high, which means that scour is now becoming an issue.
As calf sheds begin to fill on farms this spring pneumonia can begin to become an issues on many dairy farms.
Pneumonia can affect cattle of any age; it is a complex multi-factorial respiratory disease, caused by a range of bacteria.
Vaccination plays a significant role in both human and animals health as holistic method of preventing disease.
The challenging weather this year means there is likely a high level of parasites present in your calves dosing may be required.
Full calf sheds can result in increased levels of sickness within calves, with once such sickness being pneumonia.
Pneumonia causes inflammation and damage to the lung tissue and airways of calves, which ultimately results in comprised lung function.
Pneumonia is one the main illnesses experienced by young calves and is the biggest cause of death in calves between 1 and 6 months of age.
Pneumonia is a respiratory disease that can affect cattle at any stage. It is a multi-factorial disease, caused by a range of bacteria...
Beef Technical
Any farmer who buys or sells weanlings will be well aware of the detrimental effect a case of...
With the recent change in weather comes the threat to the health of calves - especially with cases of pneumonia.
It is at housing that most farmers have a problem with the threat of a pneumonia outbreak, according to Teagasc.
Respiratory diseases cause more deaths in young growing cattle in this country than any other disease, according to Teagasc.
With the wet weather beginning to hit all parts of the country over the past number of days, farmers have been housing cattle.
