Dairy
Dairy advice: Getting your sheds prepared for calves in spring
This dairy advice article hones in on the need to get your sheds in order this autumn/winter to have them...
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Dairy advice: Risk of scour and pneumonia cases grows
Calf sheds on many farms now full and the bacterial load inside them is quite high, which means that calves...
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Real profits start after 3rd lactation - are your cows making it?
Are you aware that the real profits begin after the third lactation? Research shows that it typically takes two lactations...
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Dairy advice: Treating a calf with scour
During the calving rearing period, there is an increased risk of disease or sickness, with scour being the biggest risk...
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Scour control as calving gets underway for 2024
Scour is going to be an issue on farms during this spring, meaning that a plan needs to be in...
Dairy Technical
Vaccine for crypto set to be available from 2024
Cryptosporidiosis or ‘crypto’ scour is an issue on many farms during the busy calving period, with no vaccination currently available....
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What you need to know about scour vaccinations
Many farms have been, or will be giving their cows boosters as part of their vaccination programmes. Scour continues to...
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Autumn-calving: Dealing with scour in calves
Calving is underway on autumn-calving or winter milk herds and as a consequence, there will be issues with calf health...
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Scour control on farms this autumn
For dairy farms that will be producing milk over the winter months a focus is now being placed on preventing...
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Opti-Skim trumps calf milk replacer with newest edition
Auctus has now launched the newest edition to its calf milk replacer product range. There are now seven calf milk...
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Time to develop or review your vaccination programme
Vaccination plays a significant role in preventing disease in human and animal health. Farmers should be looking to develop a...
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Experimental calf vaccine shows promising results against crypto
An experimental vaccine for Cryptosporidium parvum (crypto) from MSD Animal Health has shown positive results. At the European Buiatrics Congress...
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Is scour still an issue on your farm?
Although most farms are past the peak of the calving season, calves are still be born and for some, scour...
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Dairy advice: Treating calves with scour
Scour is an issue that unfortunately has to be dealt with on all dairy farms at some stage or another,...
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Preventing cases of scour this spring
Scour is something that most dairy farmers will have to deal with at some point this spring, but there are...
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Calving 2023: Treating a scouring calf
Treating a scouring calf is unfortunately an issue that has to be dealt with on the vast-majority of Irish dairy...
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How to avoid costly calf registration errors
Are you wondering how you can avoid costly calf registration errors and Bord Bia penalties? As the busy spring season...
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Preparing for the arrival of calves in the spring
The drying-off of cows, for many, signals that the calving season is on the way. This is often when farmers...
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Scour: Have you considered vaccinating your cows?
With a focus of reducing antibiotic usage on farms going forward now, when spring-calving farms are starting the dry period,...
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Autumn calving: Dealing with scouring calves
The autumn-calving season is well underway on farms across the country, and with it comes many challenges. Scour is the...
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Autumn calving: Scour control this calving season
Scour is the biggest killer of young calves on Irish dairy farms, with infections often picked up in their environment....