On a farm visit in County Cork. We scanned cows for A.I. we used a breeding programme. Scanning revealed that a number of the A.I. dates did not concur with times the cows were on heat. A.I. at the incorrect time of the oestrus cycle or in cows that are pregnant, will cause reproductive failure.
Read MoreOn a visit to a dairy farm in County Cork, where a client presented cows for reproductive assessment. Multiple ovulations, twins, and triplets were a common feature in 1 cow family. This trait resulted in embryonic death, metabolic problems associated with twin births, and an increased calving to pregnancy interval. The client concluded that he […]
Read MoreOn a farm visit, a client notified me at the start of the visit that he had a major outbreak of Mycoplasma and needed precautions taken which I appreciated. We had to disinfect the probe and wear new gloves between each animal scanned. It was a slow procedure but was in the best interest of […]
Read MoreVisited a dairy farm in County Kildare, where pregnancy rate in a group of reproductively sound cows was assessed using ultrasonography to exam the reproductive tract. This was below 10%. A stock bull ran with the cows for 7 weeks this enabled me to determine the pregnancy of cows served 32 to 40 days previously. […]
Read MoreOn a farm visit in County Kerry. The client informed me that Tralee mart in Co. Kerry are setting up a ‘Menshouse’ . This is aimed at accommodating men who visit the mart on a weekly basis as a point of social contact. The menshouse will have leisure activities and eating facilities available for those who […]
Read MoreScanned a suckler herd consisting of 28 cows in County Cavan. 4 cows were not cycling and 4 cows were pregnant to A.I. Of the remaining 21 animals exposed to a bull, 2 were confirmed pregnant. The cows were classified as reproductively sound using scanning therefore the stock bull had to be subfertile or infertile […]
Read MoreScanned a suckler herd consisting of 28 cows in County Cavan. 4 cows were not cycling and 4 cows were pregnant to A.I. Of the remaining 21 animals exposed to a bull, 2 were confirmed pregnant. The cows were classified as reproductively sound using scanning therefore the stock bull had to be subfertile or infertile […]
Read MoreVisited a Pedigree Angus Breeder in County Cavan. The client presented suckler cows grouped in 2 different pens for reproductive assessment by scanning. In 1 pen 2 cows bred on the 26/03, underwent embryonic death on day 35 after service. The farmer acknowledged that he had fed this pen of cows a bale of silage […]
Read MoreVisited a Pedigree Angus Breeder in County Cavan. The client presented suckler cows grouped in 2 different pens for reproductive assessment by scanning. In 1 pen 2 cows bred on the 26/03, underwent embryonic death on day 35 after service. The farmer acknowledged that he had fed this pen of cows a bale of silage […]
Read MoreVisited a dairy farm outside Derry where 220 dairy cows were presented for scanning. There was clinical evidence of 10% embryonic death among cows diagnosed pregnant. This was unacceptably high. This maybe partially explained by the fact that results of a milk test recently showed that there was at least one persistently infected (PI) cow […]
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