Displaying items by tag: animal health

Should twins born to ewe hoggets and grown out to heavy weights be retained as replacements and mated as ewe lambs?

The two associations representing NZ's crop protection and animal health industries will merge this month.

Ensuring rams are in peak condition prior to mating will help maximise their performance and their contribution to the genetic improvement of the commercial flock.

Bacteria developing resistance is a potential risk any time we use antibiotics, so we need to focus on preventing and controlling infections to reduce the need.

Livestock researchers around the world can now remotely detect ryegrass staggers in sheep using on-animal sensors.

Late autumn is an ideal time to do a feed budget to help meet livestock performance targets and set up pastures for spring.

Despite the potential advantages of mating hoggets nationally, only about one third of these young ewes are put to the ram each year.

Gordon Levet is a Northland sheep farmer and ram breeder who has spent a lifetime breeding sheep for worm resistance and facial eczema (FE) tolerance. He began breeding for worm resistance in 1987, recognising that there was a genetic component to a sheep's ability to tolerate worms and this has shaped his thinking on the issue...

"Breeders working for breeders" is how Taranaki farmer Wayne Taylor describes a joint sire-proving venture between Holstein Friesian NZ and CRV.

A pair of Massey University students have developed game-changing technology that helps dairy farmers monitor their cow health remotely.