Health & Welfare
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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.
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Vet Focus: Why fertility is the answer to productivity
With the various challenges the industry has been facing in recent years, everyone has been looking at efficiency and cost-cutting in all aspects of their farm businesses. Ian Cure
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UKAS Accreditation of CIS Laboratory
On the 5th and 6th February 2020 the CIS laboratory underwent a successful annual UKAS ISO17025 surveillance visit. Read more..
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Feed Focus: Achieving a successful transition
A successful transition cow system will result in giving the cow the best possible start to what is hopefully a profitable lactation, however significant health and production issu
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Farmer Focus: D & B McMiken, Castle Douglas, Dumfries & Galloway
Long standing CIS customers, the McMiken family from Castle Douglas, were winners of the Scottish Dairy Farm of the Year at AgriScot 2019. The Ernespie pedigree Holstein herd is ru
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Farmer Focus: P M Bradbury, Whitchurch, Shropshire
Second generation dairy farmer Paul Bradbury farms in partnership with his wife, Dee, and son, David, milking 130 Holstein Friesian cows under the Brookroad prefix, which calve all