VIDEO 37 Summer mastitis Talk to any farmer who has had issues with this disease and they can tell you how frustrating it can be. It is a dry mastitis usually seen between June-September in dry cows and heifers. It can also be rarely seen in
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Video 35 tackling antibiotic resistance This is a topic I have become very interested in. why? Because this will be one of the key issues for ruminant farming over the next decade. The big challenge and the driving factor behind the reduction of antibiotics is human health.
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Video 34 Managing cattle parasites in the first grazing season The background Cattle parasites are one of the big challenges in grazing systems. The first grazing season can often be the most problematic. There are a number of parasites that can challenge dairy and beef calves
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Video 33 Cowsignals The ability to think differently is what happened to me when I completed my cowsignals training. Someone asked me to cover cowsignals for #50in50 and in the video above I give a very short overview of some of the concepts. As a young vet,
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Video 29 Salmonella Salmonella is a bacterial infection that can cause a range of symptoms and disease in cattle. Salmonella bacteria has several subspecies, the two most common in cattle are Salmonella Dublin Salmonella typhimurium Depending on the age of animal infected there can be a wide
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Video 28 tackling lameness in dairy cows Lameness is one of the big challenges for the modern dairy cow and farmer. With individual cases reported to cost in the region of €250.00 per case. It is important to remember that this painful condition will severely impact herd
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Video 27 Calf signals One of my big lessons in veterinary was I needed to spend more time knowing what the normal healthy signals of ruminants were. I spent far too long focused on disease and sickness. What do healthy animals look like and want? This is
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Video 26 Optimising biology in farming systems This idea has become the foundation of what I do when I approach and talk about animal health in farming systems. In the video above I talk about what this means and how the idea has evolved. As someone who
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Video 25 Ringworm This is a common fungal skin infection, particularly in cattle. It is caused by the fungus Trichophyton verrucosum. It can be spread by direct contact between animals. It is also a zoonosis where the spores can infect humans causing ringworm. These spores infect the
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Video 24 Rumen Bloat As the grass starts to grow there is one challenge along with grass tetany farmers now need to be on the watch for. That is ruminal bloat during the grazing season. The rumen is a magnificent organ. This large fermentation bath is
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