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Search results for: animal welfare updates
Pasture
Isolation: Dry Pasture New animals can be isolated on pasture but any eggs they shed in their dung can contaminate that pasture. This is a problem if the snails necessary…
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Culling Within The Dairy Herd
…and assessing the herd on an individual animal basis, with the intention to take the best stock through the winter and into next year, is a realistic place to start,…
Read More >Wet boggy pasture
…quarantining new stock. If new animals are carrying fluke which is resistant to treatment, they could contaminate the pasture and introduce the resistant parasites to the snails on your holding….
Read More >Yard
Isolation: Yard When new animals first arrive, treating them for worms and then yarding them for 48 hours is recommended in order to minimise pasture contamination with potentially-resistant worm eggs….
Read More >Sweating – A Sign Of Major Problems
…air around the animal with drier less humid air. This speeds up the rate the sweat evaporates cooling the animal more rapidly. Clipping the backs of cattle has a similar…
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Cattle EID
…and monitor his animals progress on his farm and with his Automatic dose gun he only medicates to exact dose required for the weight of each animal. View here Cattle…
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Pesticide Information Note: Pesticide containers – cleaning and disposal
…pesticides inevitably results in the production of waste, principally in the form of pesticide containers and packaging. These can, if incorrectly managed, be dangerous to both humans and animals as…
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Managing Mastitis Risk During the Grazing Season
…Management and Treatment Affected animals should ideally be housed to prevent flies spreading infection to healthy animals. The infected quarter should be stripped out regularly during the first few days…
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Artificial Insemination (AI) in the Suckler Herd
…to selection of sires with superior growth EBVs and the greater feed conversion efficiency of male animals. Things to consider before starting AI in the suckler herd Are your cows/heifers…
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Thermal Imaging for Biodiversity Monitoring and Land Management
…detect larger animals up to 2km away. This makes thermal imaging better for quickly scanning larger areas to detect animals, in comparison to trail cameras which provide longer-term monitoring of…
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