Dr Dan's Newspaper Articles
Smart scan pre-breeding essential with maiden heifers.
21st February 2020
On a farm visit in Co. Antrim today, where a group of 30 maiden heifers were presented for a pre-breed scan in conjunction with...Read More »
Expansion in dairy being severely restricted in Northern Ireland by planning regulations for slurry storage.
19th February 2020
Farm visits in county Derry this week revealed that dairy farmers will definitely not be able to expand cow numbers...Read More »
Heat detection systems involving activity monitoring present too many false positives.
14th February 2020
On a farm call to county Cork today with a large dairy herd encompassing both dairy cows and maiden heifers for smart scan. On...Read More »
*** Mental Health – A significant problem on multiple Irish dairy farms. ***
13th February 2020
This time of year is reaching peak of calving on many grass based dairy systems. The demand on labour is at its most...Read More »
Case Study: using sexed semen in Dairy cows.
7th February 2020
Farm visit today, to a bottle dairy farmer outside Birr, County Offaly. Eoin Lyons milks approximately 120 cows in a robotic...Read More »
***The Curse of Twins in Dairy cows.***
6th February 2020
Many farmers dislike cows identified as carrying twins. The incidence of twins in dairy cows increases with the milk production...Read More »
6th February 2020
Farmer in Portadown questions pregnancy diagnosis using milk samples collected at milk recording. On a farm visit...Read More »
Smart scan reveals the importance of onset of puberty in maiden heifers.
5th February 2020
On a call today outside of Cookstown county Tyrone, they revealed a batch of maiden heifers being assessed for...Read More »
***Sexed semen can result in an inordinate number of male calves born in high production type dairy cows.***
4th February 2020
On farm calls in county Derry today, a client revealed that of 97 cows in calf using sexed semen, 17 were carrying male...Read More »
Single pens VS Group pens for rearing suck calves.
4th February 2020
A question that arises on many farms is health issues centering around young calves. As we are well aware, the ability to...Read More »