Beef Cattle
Managing slurry, for folks in a hurry
Join SAC Consulting in partnership with Farming & Water Scotland for a practical and informative programme of webinars highlighting ways to make best use of storage, options for funding, getting…
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Technical note (TN747): Recording lamb traits
Lamb survival is a major factor in determining the number of lambs reared and so the financial performance of any sheep enterprise. Flock management and nutrition has a significant impact…
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Feeding for Fertility
Listen to farmer Andrew Houstoun from Glenkilrie farm, Glenshee and vet Graeme Richardson from Thrums Veterinary Group in Kirriemuir chat about the importance of nutritional management in the suckler herd.…
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Preventing Scour In Calves
Calf scour (diarrhoea) is one of the biggest issues associated with illness, poor growth and mortality in calves. The most common causes of calf scour in the first 3 weeks of life are rotavirus and coronavirus (both viral), cryptosporidiosis (parasitic), E.coli (bacterial) and Salmonella (bacterial). An outbreak of infectious scour is costly, in terms of calf losses, treatment costs and labour.
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Cattle Health Factsheet
This factsheet aims to highlight the general considerations for cattle health and what to look out for. It should be used as a guide for when to seek veterinary advice, rather than being used to decide when an animal requires treatment. However, prevention is better than cure as once an animal has become ill, any treatment may only be symptomatic, not curative.
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Helping Farmers Adapt to Climate Change – Beef Specialist Robert Ramsay
In this episode, we speak to beef specialist Robert Ramsey about the practicalities of adapting agriculture to climate change. Focussing on livestock systems we look at the challenges livestock farmers…
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Technology for Improved Animal Welfare – The South West Dairy Development Centre
In this 2-part mini-series of podcasts based on Animal Health & Welfare we are speaking with the head of dairy, Duncan Forbes from the Agri-Epi Centre. In podcast 1, Duncan…
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