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Superb reproductive performance in a dairy herd in Youghal, Co. Cork.

Scanned a dairy herd of 350 cows on the Cork/Waterford border, the confirmed pregnancy rate for the 1st 25 days of the breeding programme was 61%. The scanning also revealed that there was no undetected oestrus in cows presumed pregnant. Non pregnant cows were accounted for by embryonic mortality.

Extreme calving difficulty with limousine bull Elite Erasmus.

Visited a Limousine breeder in County Clare. This client informed me that he had used a Limousine bull Elite Erasmus as a sire on a number of crossbred cows. It resulted in extreme calving difficulty. It transpires that his figures for calving difficulty have increased from 70% to 80%. Scanning cows reveals that uterine involution […]

Neospora has an extremely negative effect on reproductive performance in a dairy herd

Visited a client in County Clare. This client informed me that 37 out of 80 of his dairy cows, tested positive for Neospora. Last autumn a number of cows aborted. The post mortem diagnostics on the foetii did not identify Neospora, rather blood samples identified the disease. The client identified that lawn clippings were the […]

Spastic Paraparesis and identical twins

On a farm visit in County Limerick. Scanning cows reveals a dam line with Spastic paraparesis and identical twins. We encountered a maiden heifer which was not walking correctly on her left rear leg. This heifer had spastic paraparesis which was corrected by surgical cutting of a tendon in the hind leg. This is a […]

Bleeding Calf Syndrome

On a farm visit to Co. Limerick a client revealed that he lost 5 calves to bleeding calf syndrome. A number of clients revealed the same to me over the past 6 months. This has been associated with a B.V.D. vaccine which has been removed from the market.

Gases from Slurry Agitation Can Cause Death

On a farm visit in Co. Antrim, where a client informed us that 5 show cows died from gas inhalation associated with slurry agitation. Cows were under the same roof area, on a straw bed, 150 feet from the slurry agitator. This clearly shows the dangers of gas inhalation from slurry and gypsum bedding.

1985 Silage

On calls in County Derry, where a client told me that silage was getting very scarce during the cold spell in April and May. He informed me of a farmer who makes and sells silage on an animal basis. Over the years, the silage pit was never emptied and was replenished on an annual basis […]

Simmental cow going back in calf rapidly after calving

Scanning cows in Carlingford, Co. Louth, reveals the shortest calving to pregnancy interval ever recorded. We have a system which incorporates a passport for every animal. The system provides me with information pertaining to days calved and days served and parity of the animal. In a case study on a farm in Carlingford, a Simmental […]

Scanning limousine and limousine cross heifers reveals temperamental animals

Scanned a group of maiden heifers in Co. Kerry, where temperament was poor in heifers. It was interesting to note that the most temperamental animal was in a pre-pubertal state, having reached 20 months of age. My recommendation in this case was to cull the animal in question. As the trait of delayed puberty associated […]

River Bride bursts its banks

Traveling from Fermoy into Co. Waterford, the river Bride bursts its banks rich farmland and crops of maize are flooded. This can cause devastation for the farms in question and indeed feed shortages. Heavy rain and gale force winds overnight, has now left ground saturated. Poaching of grazed pastures will become a problem if this […]