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• Scanning in a herd where British Friesian have been introduced

  Scanned a herd of cows in County Cork. where British Friesian have been introduced into a Holstein herd. These cows have very bad temperament and are difficult to handle. Hybrid vigour will be introduced by crossing British Friesian with Holstein. Dr... Posted Feb 16 2012, 10:50 AM by cows365 with | with no comments Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: British Friesian, holstein [Edit Tags]

• British Friesian as an option for grass based system.

  Visited a dairy farm outside Nenagh, County Tipperary today with 150 dairy stock with British Friesian bloodlines. This herd of pedigree British Friesians were not off the classical British Friesian in terms of type. The animals were relatively small... Posted Jun 14 2011, 05:25 PM by cows365 with | with no comments Filed under: British Friesian, grass based systems [Edit Tags]

• Empty rate with a 20 week breeding period less than 10%.

  Visited a farm outside Cashel, County Tipperary with over 150 milking cows. The empty rate with a 20 week breeding period was just below 10%. This was considered very acceptable on the basis of the fact that cows had to walk 1.9 kms on a daily basis to... Posted Oct 27 2010, 06:06 PM by cows365 with | with no comments Filed under: British Friesian, bcs, breeding period, Holstein cows. [Edit Tags]

• British Friesian pre scan

  Visited a Brisith Friesian farm in Thurles Co Tipperary today. Pre breed scan using Ultrasonography. This herd of 60 milking cows with 90% of them calved in excess of 30 days had an excellent reproductive status. This could be associated wth the fact... Posted Apr 19 2010, 12:10 PM by cows365 with | with no comments Filed under: body condition, British Friesian, reproductive status, genetic potential [Edit Tags]