Scanning Maiden Heifers in conjunction with use of Sex Semen

Scanned 35 heifers on a dairy farm outside Derry where the client had used sex semen for a period of two months and then introduced stock bulls.  Of the 35 heifers presented today, 30 were in calf to sex semen and of those, 28 were female and 2 were male.  Sex Semen has a place in increasing the genetic worth of a dairy herd by using the best genetics available to breed replacements.  Scanning the heifers in this man’s herd enables him to group heifers close to calving for management purposes.