Video 7 IBR the facts What is IBR? Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis is an infectious viral disease of cattle that is contagious. It belongs to a family of viruses called herpes virus. These viruses are different because they can develop latency. This means after initially becoming infected the
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Controlling johnes disease video 6 What is it? Johnes disease is a chronic disease affecting herds causing a range of symptoms and having a massive impact on production and performance. It is caused by a bacteria called MAP (mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis). This bacteria will be ingested
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Video 5 Oral rehydration principles Oral rehydration is an essential tool in managing calves with diarrhoea and even for older animals like cows that may be sick. The common things we treat with oral rehydration are Calf scour or diarrhoea Shock or septicaemias. A good example
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Calf pneumonia video 4 After scour, pneumonia is the big killer of young calves on farms. It is not just calves that can be affected by pneumonia but weanlings and even adult animals. The big problem with pneumonia is the performance loss associated with the
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Video ( 3 ) Five things to get right at housing There are several key things that influence animal health and performance. Nutrition, herd health and the environment the animals are in. In seasonal pasture-based systems, housing usually occurs at a critical time. This means that calving
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Managing calf scours ( 1 ) Calf diarrhea or scour can be caused by a range of pathogens. Diarrhea can occur when the ability of the gut to absorb fluids becomes compromised. This can lead to rapid fluid loss. This is why quick rehydration is essential
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50 vlogs in 50 days There is no doubt it is challenging times ahead. My own work schedule like many up in the air. It will probably test all our resilience and resourcefulness. So I am going to try and create some useful (technical content) and also
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Lungworm the lifecycle (2 / 4) In the first article and video, I talked about the background as to why lungworm has become such a problem in some herds. https://youtu.be/2ZHuKITmnF0 In this article, I’m going to look at the lifecycle of this parasite (Dictyocaulus Viviparous). So we know
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5 top tips for stomach tubing Oral rehydration therapy is one of the foundations of good supportive therapy to sick animals we have on the farm. Using a stomach tube correctly can be a great therapeutic tool for farmers. Here are 5 top tips for using stomach
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Challenges and opportunities in Dairy to beef systems Background With over 1.6 million dairy cows calving this year we will have some very busy farmers. The calf debate has been raging for the last 6 months. Particularly in relation to the volume and markets for these calves.
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