Ginny Dodunski is a Senior Vet with Totally Vets, Taumaranui. In her 1st podcast she discussed issues for sheep flocks in autumn and early winter. This week in Part 2 she shares her advice on looking after cattle in autumn and winter, whether calves, drystock or pregnant cows and heifers. Internal parasites are a hot topic again, Cooperia and Liver Fluke in particular. As well as the possibility of trace element deficiency, Ginny stresses the value of monitoring and testing to find the cause. As always, many animal health challenges start with nutrition and Ginny reinforces the need for Body Condition Scoring for cows too. Plus much more!
Links:
Ginny’s article
The Wormwise resource book
The Wormwise learning module
Beef Cow Body Condition Scoring
Totally Vets’ Poisonous Plants & Toxic Compounds webpage
Research Bites - June 2023
Fertiliser: Getting Bang for your Buck, with Dr Robert McBride and Dr Ants Roberts
The Parasite Chronicles Episode 3: Insights from farmers reducing drench use
What cattle traits are most important to New Zealand farmers?
The Parasite Chronicles Episode 2: Andrew Law
How Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s Informing New Zealand Beef programme will supercharge farmers’ genetic gains
The Parasite Chronicles Episode 1: Tom Brown
An introduction to the Beef + Lamb New Zealand Informing New Zealand Beef programme: what you need to know
Breakfeed: Methods for monitoring progress of biodiversity work, with Professor David Norton
The carbon footprint of New Zealand beef and lamb – what does the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) say?
Breakfeed: WormWise update on the ban on sale and use of Bionic capsules. May 2023
Breakfeed: On-farm biodiversity planning, with Professor David Norton
Breakfeed: Why native biodiversity is important to farmers, with Professor David Norton
Breakfeed: Why farmers should think about native biodiversity, with Professor David Norton
Bringing the best minds to the biggest challenges for sheep, beef and dairy farms
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Breakfeed: Hill Country Futures - How can knowing the soil temperature and moisture levels help farmers
Breakfeed: Hill Country Futures - Setting up the sensor network
Breakfeed: Hill Country Futures - AgYields National Database
Breakfeed: Hill Country Futures - Soil and Fertiliser series
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