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• Heifers with lice had fertility problems

  On call visits to County Tipperary today heifers were scanned with fertility problems. On closer inspection of the herd and talking to the client, it became evident that lice was a major issue. Also in conjunction with lice, bulling of some heifers resulted... Posted Jan 17 2012, 01:19 PM by cows365 with | with no comments Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: fertility diagnostics, heifers with lice [Edit Tags]

• Use ultrasonography to identify reproductive problems

  Visited a farm where 40 maiden heifers were exposed to a bull. No heifer was diagnosed pregnant for services with a natural stock bull up to May 5th. Thereafter, the pregnancy rate to first 25 days of breeding was 40%. Th client wanted to replace the... Posted Jun 23 2010, 05:22 PM by cows365 with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: ultrasonography, calve rearing, maiden heifers, fertility diagnostics [Edit Tags]

• Spring calving systems in Ireland based in New Zealand of grass based milk production.

  Visited farm in Limerick & North Cork with a strict grass based milk production system. Fertility Diagnostics based on Ultrasonography of the reproductive tract in cows in the herd 6 weeks after the start of the breeding programme revealed that the... Posted Jun 04 2010, 10:43 AM by cows365 with | with no comments Filed under: quality grazed feed, fertility diagnostics, strict grass based milk production system [Edit Tags]