Coughing cows and respiratory disease Over the last couple of weeks again I’ve seen the issue of respiratory disease in dairy herds. This is an ongoing challenge some dairy herds face. While we often put it under the heading of coughing cows. It is the more
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Forty-eight topics Thanks to everyone for their suggestions around topics they wanted to be covered. I ran out of time but not topics. In today’s video, I did a quick summary of some topics I didn’t get to cover. In fact, since its video 48/50, I covered
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Video 47 Dairy herd health planning We all know the value of setting goals for ourselves and our businesses. Without a plan though goals can be difficult to achieve. From the outset dairy herd health planning must be an evolving process. The most important person to buy
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Video 46 Suckler herd health planning Herd health planning is certainly something more suckler farmers could engage with. With poor margins, this is somewhere where we can control profit inside the farm gate. For a start with any plan, we need to set some goals. We
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One of my big life lessons has been that there can be lessons everywhere if we chose to open our eyes and ears. I like reading about different businesses and problem-solving in different sectors. It opens your mind to new ideas and new ways of thinking. Right
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Video 44 Mycoplasma Bovis Farmers and vets will be becoming more familiar with this pathogen. Mycoplasma Bovis is a bacteria causing a number of clinical symptoms in both beef and dairy herds. In suckler herds, it is often around weaning time where I’m seeing it reported. Last
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Video 43 Flock health planning is essential Background Like so many others I have been advocating for flock health planning for many years now. Many farmers have engaged with this approach. We do however need more sheep farmers to look at adopting this approach. A health plan
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Two common abomasal conditions in cattle The abomasum is one of the ruminants four stomachs. It is often referred to as the true stomach. In young calves, it is the main stomach that digests milk and gets its nutrition through. As the rumen develops up to weaning
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Video 41 Heat detection We have entered the breeding season a critical time of year for farmers and their cows. In grass-based systems achieving a tight breeding season ensures maximum days in milk and days at grass next year. It also ensures we can keep cows
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VIDEO 40 Transition management in the dairy cow I describe the transition period in the cow a bit like preseason training, with the start of lactation the all-important start of the season. A good preseason and starting on the right foot will make for a productive
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