mastitis

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland The next major event to occur on most dairy farms after housing will be the drying-off of cows for the winter months. Drying-off is one of the most significant events on dairy farms and signals the beginning of the next lactation. Although still a few...

I had a bad run of mastitis this summer and was thinking of getting out of cows and buying in weanlings instead, but someone said that something about breeds that are less likely to get it that others. I never heard it before, is it true.

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland Ahead of drying-off taking place on farms you should be booking or planning in your final milk recording for the year. Completing a milk recording of your herd in the coming weeks is vital to ensure that you have up-to-date records on your cows ahead...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is set to launch a new strategic dairy farm at the end of the month. Dillington Farms near Ilminster, Somerset, will become one of the board’s strategic dairy farms on Wednesday, October...

Just wanted users thoughts and opinions? Was is a game changer for you, or just a bit of help and reassurance? Looking at installing the system here. We think we have a lot of contagious mastitis/cell count problem. or maybe cluster flush is enough?

https://envirosystems.co.uk/products/cobiotex/ Anybody use it? Care to share your thoughts on it. Tia

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprises (CAFRE) has recently surveyed 120 dairy herds across Northern Ireland to determine the main reason for culling cows within these businesses. The participating farms, which included CAFRE’s own...

Thoughts on breeding pure Charollais?

Considering putting in a fresh milking parlour in the future which should make milking quicker. Has anyone, who has put in a fresh parlour noticed an increase in milk yield?

This gives guide as to the relative demand for various breeds. Just look at the average for Texel tup shearlings and Blue faced Leicesters. And Lleyns!!! https://borderunion.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Results-Summary-for-Shearlings-2023_v2.pdf

Anyone know what the mature ewe weight will be of aberfield SR cross over a lleyn ewe? Ran an Aberfield SR last year over a portion of my ewes, selected the best home bred ewes mainly, mostly 4 tooths. My ewe weight is about 65kg. Went through the ewe lambs today and very happy with them, some...

Just rang my vet to get a couple of tubes of antibiotic cream to put up a sucker cows udder with early signs of mastitis , something I’ve done on occasion many time for year's, to be told that as of yesterday the government no longer allows antibiotics to be given to farmers to treat livestock...

I am looking into getting a cubicle brush and bedding machine, can anyone recommend a really good and reliable machine. Any feedback would be much appreciated.

Hi all can you please share you calves vaccination policy please. Thanks

Welcome to the latest issue of the RH&W newsletter. It’s been another busy month for the livestock sector and RH&W with multiple working groups making great strides forward with the Sheep welfare strategy – a document developed by industry for industry. It’s a great privilege to have so many...

what tups are everyone using over mules, normally use texels but Hearing good things about Suffolks- would be lambing my mule ewes Indoors beginning of April thanks

Anyone using them. Seriously considering it. Any idea how it is in the real world.

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Researchers from the University of Bristol (UoB) have received funding to investigate whether artificial intelligence (AI) could be used to detect disease in dairy cows earlier. The project will see researchers use AI to monitor social...

Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland Mileutis, an Israeli-based biopharmaceutical animal and human health company has completed a rigorous, randomised, case-controlled, clinical field trial. The results of the trial provide further evidence of the ability of its Imilac therapy to substitute...

Is there any? What would you do? Bought a pen of ewes at auction last week. As normal I go thru the pen and check a few teeth udders etc. did not check every ewe Described as dry shearling ewes. As per norm I brought them home and popped them in an isolation field. Checked them a couple of...