2017 | ReproDoc Ltd.

MANAGING YOUR LATE CALVING COWS AND COLOSTRUM QUALITY FOR LATE BORN CALVES

Spring calving dairy herds are currently at the peak of their calving programmes. It is a very demanding time in terms of labour requirement. Unfortunately, the scarcity of skilled labour is the primary bottle neck in current dairy herd expansion plans. The challenges faced centre primarily around early calf rearing. It is essential that cows […]

CHALLENGES FACING THE DAIRY INDUSTRY

The month of December has been very mild. Weather records now show that 2016 was the hottest year on record. Climate change is a reality that the dairy industry here and globally will have to address in its future development. Methane production is our primary concern. There are 1.5 billion cattle and 1 billion sheep […]

Testimonials

We have been using ReproDoc Ltd for the past 14 years to scan our pedigree British Friesian herd in order to get accurate calving dates, identify those cows carrying twins, identify problematic cows and rectify same in order to give them an opportunity to go in calf. We use a stock bull so it is essential that we have an assessment of bull fertility before it gets too late into the breeding season. We find that the service is spot on with the dates.

We find that May is an excellent time to scan the dairy herd to deal with late calving cows, get an assessment of overall fertility in the herd and get accurate ageing of pregnancies.

We follow this up with an end of season pregnancy scan in September when the bull has been removed 30 days. At that stage, we only have to scan those cows not confirmed pregnant greater than 30 days from the previous scan in late May.

Pat and Mary O Connor
Banogue, Co Limerick