A NEW stomach bolus which allows dairy farmers to monitor cow health, fertility and lameness by measuring cow temperature and activity levels, is new from Moletech. The ‘smart’ bolus, called smaXtec ...

Some farmers are tracking the same kind of data Craun is, but they’re getting even deeper—right into the cow’s stomach. The smaXtec bolus is a small sensor that the cow swallows, and it measures her ...

Now farmers can use All-Trace® Dry Cow as an extension of the extensive range of boluses already on offer from Agrimin. The new bolus complements our existing range, meaning farmers can now be ...

After calving, cows experience a steep spike in calcium demand. Milk, including colostrum, is rich in calcium, and cows need to quickly shift their priorities to adjust for this sudden calcium ...

As all farmers will have to use selective dry-cow therapy from next year (only high SCC cows get antibiotic tube and sealer) for the cows getting sealer only, a dry-cow bolus is the game changer ...

Might micro-nutrition be the solution to niggling problems at calving? Facing all the usual snags, Gloucestershire dairy herd manager, Rob Costello, had ...

Some boluses will also contain other ingredients such as vitamin D, but fresh cows really just need rapidly absorbed calcium from a quality bolus that’s easy to swallow.” No. 2: Test blood ...

Ben Ridgeway milks 230 crossbred, spring calving cows close to Clonakilty in Co Cork. For the past three years production has averaged between 500 and 520kg of milk solids across the herd.

Ruminant Biotech’s Emitless bolus could cut global methane emissions by the equivalent of 20M cars off the road—aiming for ...

A methane reducing bolus would have to be administered every six months. Currently just 3-NOP, Bovaer, can be used in Ireland on dairy cows.