I scanned 134 Rotbunt cross Friesian cows for a client who had run stock bulls with his herd. He wanted to establish dry off dates, calving dates and empty cows in his herd. There were only 9 empty cows identified which was excellent. The hybrid figure from crossbreeding plus the extra maintenance of body condition […]
Read MoreVisited a client outside Cork City who told me that I had previously scanned 3 cows carrying 2 sets of twin heifers. They thought this could not be right. However, they fed the cows and managed them for twin births, 3 sets of twin heifers were born.
Read MoreA client outside Bandon, Co. Cork presented a dairy herd with a spring calving section for scanning. Freshly calved autumn calving section were mixed in with the herd. They had not planned to scan this group of cows. Scanning revealed serious reproductive problems in the autumn calving section due to multiple ovulations, milk fever, or […]
Read MoreOn a farm visit in Co. Limerick a client informed me that maize has increased from €200 to €460 compared to this time last year. Additional costs will include the impact of poor quality silage and maize with a depressed milk price.
Read MoreOn farm visits in Co. Antrim the discussion centred on the amount of land required to support an anaerobic digester. The quality of maize produced in this part of the country is very poor, relative to that in Germany. The amount used in the anaerobic digester was 4 times greater than that produced. They now […]
Read MoreOn a farm visit to a Holstein Dairy farm outside Strabane, Co.Tyrone, the level of infertility was unacceptably high. The client revealed that the level of inbreeding was 3.8% while the U.K. average was 1.6%. Inbreeding will impair reproductive performance in a dairy herd.
Read MoreVisited a farm outside Richhill, Co. Armagh. According to this client the best investment he made in the past year was a machine that combined the scrapping of slatts, the brushing of cubicles and dusting of the cubicles.
Read MoreOn a farm visit outside Dromore, Co. Down we scanned cows which calved between 14 and 40 days previously. We used this data to assess herd health management in the dry cow period. Scanning revealed severe trauma among cows calved 14 to 28 days previously. This was associated with failure to include dry cow minerals […]
Read MoreOn a farm visit I called to a client of mine who presented a portion of the dairy herd which had not been previously scanned pregnant. On an earlier visit I had scanned an infamous cow on this farm as starting with triplets. This same cow had 4 calves in her first parity, 5 […]
Read MoreWe get frequent requests in the North of Ireland to scan cows to identify Johne’s disease for foetal sexing. These cows are identified and their calves are fed colostrum which comes from cows that are negative for Johne’s disease.
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