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• Pedometers as a heat detection aid for cows

  Scanned a dairy herd in County Waterford this evening where pedometers are placed on the cows as aid to heat detection. In my opinion, pedometers are an aid in heat detection and should not be used as the sole method of heat detection in cows. Heats can... Posted Feb 15 2011, 04:12 PM by cows365 with | with no comments Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: heat detection, pedometers, standing heat, silent heats [Edit Tags]

• Pedometeres used in heat detection

  Visited a farm in County Louth where we scanned a herd of cows which had pedometers used as a tool in heat detection. Pedometers, in my opinion work well if heats are evidently shown. They will not pick up on silent heats. On the farm visited today, 20... Posted Jan 31 2011, 04:02 PM by cows365 with | with no comments Filed under: heat detection, pedometers, standing heat, silent heats [Edit Tags]