Health & Welfare
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Pregnancy Diagnosis in Dairy Herds
Cows can experience heat stress at lower temperatures than you might think! Heat stress can have a negative impact on reproductive performance.
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Liver Fluke
Liver Fluke is a parasitic infection caused by Fasciola Hepatica which has a complex lifecycle with infection to clinical signs slow to develop in cattle.
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CIS Laboratory Achieves Compliance to UKAS Standards
The Cattle Information Service (CIS) accredited laboratory, based at Telford, Shropshire, continues its operational excellence by achieving for 9th consecutive year compliance to U
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Farmer Focus: Chris Creeper, Axminster, Devon
Chris and Connie Creeper have farmed at Waterford Farm, a 200 acre Devon County Council Farm, for nearly seven years. Running a simple system mainly by themselves, they are current
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Farmer Focus: E G Harris & Son, Gillingham, Dorset
CIS customer Tom Malleson has been contract farming for 14 years in Dorset and for the last two years has been using the CIS Health Testing Service as part of his quarterly milk re
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Industry Embraces New Johne’s Tracker
Dairy management companies, including milk recording organisations NMR and CIS, have embraced a new Johne’s progress tracker developed by the Johne’s Action Group.
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Pin Point High Cell Count to Avoid Penalties
Testing milk samples from dairy cows will help pinpoint the high cell count cows in the herd to avoid milk buyer penalties.
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What is Neospora
Neospora Caninum is a protozoan parasite that is an important infectious cause of weak calves and abortion in cattle.
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DEFRA Consultation Deadline Extended
The deadline for the DEFRA consultation on Improvements to Animal Welfare in Transport has been extended to Thursday 25th February, 2021.
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Treatment Page feature added to MobileHerd
Treatment Page feature added to MobileHerd – Download the new version of the app now.