I scanned a herd of British Friesian cows. We identified 10 sets of twins compared with only 2 sets in the same herd the previous year. This incidence of twins would be inordinately high for a British Friesian type cow. The client commented that dairy herd management is extremely difficult this year. This is associated with […]
Read MoreVisited a farm in Co. Tipperary where two men were waiting for me when I got to the yard. They had a batch of Limousin cross Friesian heifers for scanning. I innocently asked how long were they running with a stock bull. It transpired that a Charolais bull belonging to the other man broke into […]
Read MoreOn a farm call in Co. Cork where the client presented a suckler herd for pregnancy scanning she was worried that some of the cows may have reabsorbed pregnancies after an outbreak of ill-health in the herd. Her veterinary practice diagnosed toxaemia associated with the consumption of toxic vegetation. The recent inclement weather with poor […]
Read MoreWe scanned a herd of dairy cows in Co. Limerick. The client had fit cull cows going to the factory. Factories kept telling him that they were over booked with stock and couldnot slaughter them. These cows were running with a Friesian bull. The client decided to scan them on the basis of sexing the […]
Read MoreOn a farm visit in Co. Offaly a client complained about mould contamination in purchased bales of silage. Because of feed shortages he had to purchase baled silage for his herd of cows. He claimed that he had no problems with mould contamination when he insured that 22 wraps of silage encased his silage versus […]
Read MoreOn a farm visit in Co. Offaly, we scanned a herd of Brown Swiss cows and Holstein cows. The body condition score of the cows was excellent. However the feet in the Brown Swiss cows were in very poor condition. The client claimed that the Brown Swiss had poor feet and gestation rates relative to […]
Read MoreScanned a suckler herd in County Laois where 42 out of 45 cows were confirmed pregnant. 80% of those cows held to either the first or second service. Body condition score of the herd was excellent. The availability of service dates, in my field of view as I scanned the cows, enabled more accurate ageing to […]
Read MoreWe scanned 20 cows with mummified foetuses between 2 dairy farms. Neospora is the biggest risk factor associated with this condition. On 1 of the farms 4 dams and their daughters had mummified pregnancies which would be supportive of Neospora. Increased stress on cows will increase the risk of mummified calves. Liver Fluke would be […]
Read MoreOn farm calls in County Cork a farmer informed me that several farmers have lost weanling calves to Bovine Papular Stomatitis. This virus results in warts on the weanling calves. The calves stop eating and eventually die. Tick-borne fever is a precursor to the previous disease described. Farmers have been recommended to treat calves at […]
Read MoreWe visited a client outside, Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath, who presented a cow previously with a reproductive problem which was rectified with the aid of scanning. The client was extremely happy when we announced the cow carrying a 70 day old female pregnancy. This cow is predicted to produce in excess of 1700 gallons in a […]
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