January 15, 2021, 6:30 am
As we pass the mid-way point of housing, it is time to see if your work in dosing for fluke and worms back in the months of October and November was effective.
Controlling these parasites is crucial, especially during the housing period in order to enable better animal performance.
By checking the effectiveness of your dosing strategy, it will identify if there are any levels of anthelminthic resistance from internal parasites such as fluke and worms on your farm. It will also identify if any further action is necessary in controlling these parasites.
From a financial aspect, it will provide you with some peace of mind that your selected dosing product has worked and that you have gotten value for your money.
Milk replacer: What should I be looking for?
The calving season will soon be starting and with that comes the feeding of calves. Many farmers may find it more cost-effective to feed milk replacer, rather than whole milk.
Milk replacer has the added benefit of calf health, while also avoiding possible contraction of Johne’s disease in calves. Regardless of whether you feed whole milk or milk replacer, providing the calf with
energy and protein is critical to support and maintain their normal bodily functions.
What should you look for in a milk replacer?
This is the next generation of cows you are feeding and getting them off to the best possible start will have benefits when it comes to hitting target weights. The days of picking up the first bag of milk replacer you see in the local co-op are over.
Calfcare Week is set to go virtual for 2021 – with farmers set to get the most up-to-date info on best practice in calf management without having to leave their house.
Due to current circumstances and the ongoing efforts to halt the spread of Covid-19, Animal Health Ireland (AHI) and Teagasc are working together in January to run their annual series of CalfCare events online.
In a brief statement the partners said: “This time we are going virtual and covering a wider range of topics relating to calf health.
CalfCare Virtual Week runs from Monday, January 18, and comprises of a combination of webinars, videos, podcasts and supporting articles.
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In goals with plenty of experience, Kerry Co-op’s chair Mundy Hayes takes the number-one jersey. Like Quaid in the Limerick goal, he’s had a good year and survived a big test in the last match that ensures he’ll keep the ball pucked out with pinpoint accuracy.
Full-back line
Not from a hurling stronghold but the Strathroy brothers, Cormac, Ruairi and Patrick, had a good year, claiming more than their fair share of liquid milk contracts. Always in the thick of the action, some call them troublemakers, but they are well able to move up the wing or play away further from goal. We need an old-fashioned, hardworking, jersey-pulling defence to keep a handle on the Limerick full-forward line of Gillane, Flanagan and Mulcahy.