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• Pre Breed Scanning of Dairy Cows

  Farm visits today entailed a series of dairy farmers throughout the Dingle peninsula in Co. Kerry. A range of reproductive problems were encountered and targets were set for dairy farmers to maximise submission rate over the following three week period... Posted May 02 2012, 09:44 AM by cows365 with | with no comments Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: pre breed scan, maximise submission rate [Edit Tags]

• Pre breed scanning

  On a farm visit on the Kenmare side of molls gap today revealed poor eostrus synchronization following cows being AI'd. The visit revealed that by scanning cows as they were not suitable for synchronization. Further investigation revealed that silage... Posted Mar 06 2012, 05:36 PM by cows365 with | with no comments Filed under: pre breed scan, poor oestrus synchronization [Edit Tags]

• Pre breeding and post breeding scan

  Visited a farm outside Listowel, Co Kerry this evening where we had a pre-scan implemented 7 weeks ago just as the breeding season began. Today we had a pregnancy scan on the same herd which included late calving cows on a pre-scan. All cows had calved... Posted Jun 02 2010, 05:17 PM by cows365 with | with no comments Filed under: body condition score, pre breed scan, buffer feed, level of fibre [Edit Tags]

• Pre-Pubertal state in animals

  Maiden heifers presented today non cycling on many farms. These heifers are in deep pre-pubertal state although they are of age to have normal cycles. They have undergone severe nutritional or environmental stressors over the phase from birth to breeding... Posted May 13 2010, 11:06 AM by cows365 with | with no comments Filed under: non cycling, pre breed scan, pre-pubertal state [Edit Tags]

• Pre Breeding scanning

  In the Dingle area today entailed pre-breed scans of dairy herds which are starting their breeding programmes this week. In this part of Kerry, most of the herds calve in the Spring time from the middle of February onwards.Winters are milder here than... Posted May 13 2010, 10:54 AM by cows365 with | with no comments Filed under: body condition score, pre breed scan, breeding season, dry matter intake, weather [Edit Tags]

• Copper deficiency in cows

  Visited a farm in County Limerick yesterday on a pre breed reproductive scan. 90% of the cows were cycling although BCS was low. The client claimed that the cows had improved dramatically in the pst 3 weeks in terms of Body Condition score. This would... Posted Apr 22 2010, 11:03 AM by cows365 with | with no comments Filed under: breeding, copper deficiency, pre breed scan, bcs [Edit Tags]