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Mineral supplementation in a herd of Simmental cows.

Travelled from Limerick to Templemore to scan a herd of Simmental cows for a client who had severe problems with fertility last year. We scanned the cows at the end of 2010. He presented them this time having put in place a program with dietary management incorporated to adjust for mineral supplementation...

Posted to Cows 365 Blog (Weblog) by cows365 on Wed, Feb 23 2011
Use of a Simmental bull in maiden heifers.

Visited a client in County Derry today who presented a group of Montbeliarde Cross Friesian heifers which were bred to a Simmental bull. I was surprised at this as calving difficulty would be considered an issue using a Simmental on a dairy heifer. The client disagreed with me and claimed that the...

Posted to Cows 365 Blog (Weblog) by cows365 on Wed, Feb 9 2011
Twins in Simmental cows

Visited a pedigree Simmental breeder outside Glin, County Limerick . The most notable feature with the Simmental cow is the high incidence of twins which are a major feature with the breed. We identified 3 cows in 15 cows scanned with twins. From a client’s perspective, it is critically important...

Posted to Cows 365 Blog (Weblog) by cows365 on Wed, Feb 2 2011

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