New research has shown that dry cows with metabolic and immune stress produce calves with lower body weights and less ability to react o microbial attack. Managing dry cows to reduce stresses can benefit both lactation performance and calf health.
Lameness prevention can come with a cost. This new article can help guide an advisor when investments can pay back per cow year on the dairy. Infectious and non-infectious lameness prevention strategies are compared and returns are higher in non-infectious investments.
Evidence based veterinary medicine looks at the best scientific literature supporting health interventions. This can be applied in practice and then the difference can be measured to evaluate the value to each of the stakeholders? cow, farmer and vet.
Processors, Retailers and Co-ops buy milk from Dairy Farms: many have quality assurance schemes that are intended to support farmers, consumers and their own businesses. The reality is that pleasing everyone is often very challenging. Farmers need a… Read More
Inspire Cattle Solutions is Passionate about Efficiency and Cow Well-being What is the greatest animal management challenge your dairies face in 2019? Whatever the answer, we can work with you to find a solution. We can design a… Read More