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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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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Background Once again PICA has been reported on several farms in the last two weeks. I was on one of those farms watching the cows rummaging in the ditches, with one lady out after milking chewing on black plastic she picked up. We often hear about this
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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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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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