Visited a client in Co. Limerick who used sex semen to breed his maiden heifers. We scanned 1 of the heifers carrying identical twins whereby 1 of the embryos split in the early stages of development. The Cows DNA USART (Ultrasonographic assessment of the reproductive tract) technique was able to verify that this was the […]
Read MoreVisited a Pedigree Charolais breeder who informed me that farmers will dumb down birth weights and 200 day weaning weights of cattle, in order to improve their 4 star rating in the ABRI system for scoring cattle. This destroys the general trust of the program.
Read MoreThe staff here at Reprodoc have been using a new product called MooGoo and we all have lovely fresh faces to prove it! We were intrigued by its origin as it originally came about when the owners mother said that she was using Cows Udder cream for her Psoriasis. The dairy version of ‘udder cream’ […]
Read MoreVisited a dairy farmer outside Maynooth, Co. Kildare. He informed me that he needed a group of heifers scanned and certification of pregnancy status using our unique technology, whereby 4 seconds of video footage describing the pregnancy is recorded and attached to the passport of the animal. This enables the client to sell stock in […]
Read MoreI met a young farmer who told me that he worked on a farm in North Cork City. One day he was traveling with the grandfather to an outside farm. When they came upon Australian tourists in a camper van. One of the Aussies stopped them and asked. ‘Where this road would bring them’. The […]
Read MoreWe got a call to scan a Pedigree Angus cow in Co. Meath. This cow will be 14 years old on the 30th of March. The couple who own the cow could not agree on the future reproductive potential of the cow. Scanning the cow revealed that she was on heat 6 days previously and […]
Read MoreScanned a suckler herd outside Kilrush, Co. Clare using Dr. Dan’s USART technology revealed cows which were not cycling, associated with previous calving difficulty, suckling effects and lameness. The nutritional status based on body condition score was good. The stock bull was running with this herd. The herd also included a group of maiden heifers […]
Read MoreWe visited a number of farms in Co. Limerick, where embryo transfer involving Angus, Charolais and Limousin heifers were conducted in November and December. We were scanning the recipients to establish the viability of pregnancies and to record foetal development, for retrospective assessment of growth rate. Cows DNA have developed the technology whereby accurate measurements […]
Read MoreOn a farm visit outside Navan, Co. Meath I visited a large dairy farm where cows had been selected on the basis of either being presumed pregnant or not detecting oestrus. Scanning revealed a poor pregnancy rate and a high percentage of anoestrus cows, among those not confirmed pregnant. Approximately, 90% of the cows presented […]
Read MoreA client in Co. Kilkenny told me that he was very happy with the progeny produced from the Belgian Blue and Charolais terminal sires crossed with an Aubrac cross Friesian cow.
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