Precision Microbes and calf health I’ve been lucky in my career to be involved in some great projects and work on some exciting research. With the need to reduce and replace antibiotics on farms, these Precision Microbes products are cutting edge in this space. The market
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Game changers I’m really excited to be involved in the launch of what I think are game-changing products into the Irish veterinary market. Watch the video above for some more background. In my nineteen years of veterinary experience, these products are the most exciting and cutting-edge
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Colostrum still remains the foundation of animal and calf health in our farming systems. In the video above I talk about some of the key areas we need to be thinking about Quality Quantity Quickly Cleanliness Future lifetime performance Storage Testing for passive transfer I also
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It begins with a vision This week we launch a new project I am involved with called Vision farming. I wanted to look at digital training and I have become very interested in nutrition and particularly areas like the microbiome
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I discuss the importance of immunity in successful beef weaning in this video WATCH HERE:
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Lungworm another challenging summer ahead on some farms If you asked me in 2019 what was one of the significant summer health challenges, I would have found lungworm probably at the top of that list. This parasite continues to cause problems in a lot of Irish farms.
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Heat stress on cows this summer With several very warm days, what’s the risk of heat stress occurring on our cows. Background Heat stress in cows is a big challenge globally. This is because cows are quite sensitive to extremes of temperature. It is simple because
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Chasing mineral status on our farms Background When we look at the mineral status on farms there are often two distinct scenarios. The first is where we are investigating a mineral deficiency. The second approach is a more long term approach to monitoring minerals on the farm.
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I joined MSD animal health to facilitate a recent webinar on all things ticks and milk drop in dairy herds. They had two expert speakers on the webinar. The background My view on ticks is they are increasingly causing issues on farms. They are vectors
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That’s it with seven hours of videos and over 40k words I’m finished #50in50. All the content will be available on my website for people to look back on. Huge thanks to Nettex, Progiene, and Rumenco for their support in helping me put #50in50 together. I am
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