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Liver Fluke Risk From Silage
…be used to avoid unnecessary treatments, and long meat withdrawals in groups of animals that are approaching their slaughter weight. There has been recent research carried out by Liverpool University…
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High Nitrates in Silage
…animals. The reason for minimising the nitrate-N content in forage is that it cannot be used as a nitrogen source by the animal. Nitrates in ensiled silage are converted to…
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Balancing Silage For Growing/ Finishing Cattle
…to function, therefore where animals are deficient their intakes will drop, and their liveweight gains will reduce. Table 2: Overall protein target of the ration Type of AnimalCrude Protein (%…
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Using A Wholecrop Cereal To Top Up Forage Supplies
…earlier it is cut the less starch. Wholecrop is a very versatile feed balanced correctly can be fed to various groups of animals. Cracked Wholecrop Around 55-70% dry matter and…
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Liver Fluke – Actions To Consider This Spring
…into account how stock have been managed, when they were last treated, and what product was used. To avoid unnecessary use of medicines, collect individual faecal samples from 10 animals….
Read More >Ewes Lambing and Time of Day
…Canadian Journal of Animal Science 66, 569-74. 2 Hudgens, R. E., Albright, J. L., and Pennington, J. A. (1986). Influence of feeding time and trial on time of parturition in…
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What To Do If Your Forage Is Affected By Flooding
…this is where the listeria bacteria and mycotoxins will be. Do not put mouldy bales through a chopper as this will distribute the contaminated silage, leading to more animals consuming…
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Milk Manager News July 2022 – Maximising Beef from the Dairy Herd
…of antibodies from colostrum Animal nutrition Animal health Growth performance What to consider when finishing your own beef bred cattle: What the customer wants and when the product is required….
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Changes To TB Control Measures & Compensation
…testing Introduction of a two tier cap on compensation for individual animals Prohibition on testing on Bovine animals Scotland achieved Officially Tuberculous Free Status (OFT) in September of 2009. The…
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Managing The Transition Onto Forage Crops
…risk. They should start on no more than 1kg dry matter per animal per day (this is often about one row of fodder beet if providing 1 meter space per…
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