Eamon O'Connell: This is the perfect time to get ruthless about culling
“It seems like the only price that’s on the way down is the milk price,” said an exacerbated farmer in our clinic this week.
Source: independent.ie
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Eamon O'Connell: Pasture management can help control lungworm – but monitoring is the key
Forty shades of green – that’s the phrase that has been synonymous with our country for many years and it rings true as I drive around every day.
Source: independent.ie
Eamon O'Connell: They were only dosed a few weeks ago. It can't be lungworm… or can it?
Hurrying back home one morning last week, I rounded a sharp corner on a back road and was greeted by an oncoming herd of cows, travelling at a decent trot and unaccompanied by an farmer.
Source: independent.ie
Eamon O'Connell: What to do if you're not happy with your scan results: identify the problem and ensure it doesn't happen again
This is the one time of year that the stereotype of a large-animal vet is fulfilled — most of the day is spent with my arm in a green glove, shoulder-deep in a cow’s rear end. Classy.
Source: independent.ie
Eamon O'Connell: Bloat, blackleg and lameness — the weather is making a tangled mess of animal health
“The man that made time made lots of it and the man that made twine made balls of it”. It’s a phrase I heard lately and it fitted perfectly the scene that I drove toward last week.
Source: independent.ie