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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Video: Tackling calf scour Here is a short video outlining how we are tackling Cryptosporidium on one of our Vision farms. For more information about what we are doing, check out http://www.vision-farming.com Happy, safe farming
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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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Link to this mornings webinar on milk quality this winter Focusing on 6 key areas Hygiene People Antibiotics Immunity Data The bacteria Thanks again to the sponsors Smaxtec Ltd
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This week’s video is a little different! Possibly it needs a little more work but what idea doesn’t. I have been interested in milk quality on farms for quite some time. My mastitis story started with a focus on bugs and treatments. This moved into prevention, effective
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With a little time on hand yesterday, I made this video about something that has become very important to the way I think about our future farming systems. Watch here: To read more about this you can read my Nuffield report https://nuffield.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Nuffield-2019-Tommy-Heffernan.pptx
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With lots of talk about coughing cows here are some of my thoughts on the subject WATCH HERE
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Getting the most from CMT (California mastitis test) I have begun a lot of training around mastitis control using my #udderthings program. One tool that is very useful when we are managing subclinical mastitis is the CMT test. In the short video below, I outline some of
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