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Pelvic Measurements in Heifers
One of the topics discussed at the beef meeting this past month was pelvic measurements in heifers. Here is a little reminder on how it...
Aug 5, 20241 min read
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Autumn Calf Respiratory Health
Respiratory diseases in dairy calves can lead to significant economic losses. For herds practicing autumn block calving, where a large...
Aug 5, 20242 min read
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Animal Health and Welfare Pathway - Follow-up funding now available!
For those sheep or beef farms who have completed the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway review (with associated wormer or BVD testing),...
Aug 5, 20242 min read
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Neosporosis in Cattle- Understanding and managing a significant, parasitic disease
Neosporosis is a parasitic disease caused by the protozoan Neospora caninum, which primarily affects cattle but can also infect other...
Jul 5, 20242 min read
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Understanding selective dry cow therapy
All dairy farms in the UK now adopt the approach of selective dry cow therapy at drying off. It is an approach to help promote udder...
Jul 5, 20243 min read
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Hypotrichosis in Hereford Cattle- the facts!
Hypotrichosis, commonly referred to as hairlessness, is an unusual genetic condition affecting various cattle breeds, including the...
Jul 5, 20242 min read
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Sheep update
As spring pushes on, you may have seen that the SCOPS nematodirus risk level for our area has now moved back down to 'low'. This means...
Jun 14, 20242 min read
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Decision making on individual cows with high cell counts
Irrespective of the size of your herd, making appropriate calculated decisions on individual cows with high cell counts is essential to...
Jun 14, 20242 min read
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Fix the roof while the sun is shining... (hopefully!)
As we head into the longest daylight period of the year, the list of jobs still to be done should be getting a little shorter. Hopefully...
Jun 13, 20243 min read
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With yet more rain, we're revisiting the advice from Mihail on grass staggers
As lush green pastures emerge with the onset of spring, cattle are often exposed to a hidden danger- hypomagnesemia, commonly known as...
Jan 2, 20243 min read
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