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• A good stockman knows his cows.

  Visited a client in County Laois with a pedigree Holstein Friesian herd. This client had identified all cows correctly in terms of reproductive status except those cows with embryonic death, which could not be identified in terms of state. He had missed... Posted Jan 17 2011, 01:30 PM by cows365 with | with no comments Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: embryonic death, holstein cows, reproductive status, rolling herd average [Edit Tags]

• Ulstrasonography to check reproductive status before synchronisation

  Visited a farm in County Limerick today where a number of cows slipped pregnancies. It transpired that the animals had recently been AI’d on the basis that they were not pregnant. The animals had been synchronised to induce anoestrus and resulted in the... Posted Dec 16 2010, 11:53 AM by cows365 with | with no comments Filed under: anoestrus, reproductive status, slipped pregnancies, AI'D [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]