by Toby Mottram | Aug 10, 2018 | Animal health, Animal welfare, Nutrition, Reports & Publications, Technology and innovation
Forage length, milk yields and reticular pH By Francesca Harding Scientific Officer A recent study by Harper Adams University used eCow boluses to investigate the impact of grass silage chop-lengths on herd health in the UK. Funded by AHDB-Dairy, researchers examined...
by Toby Mottram | Jun 11, 2018 | Animal health, Food security, Reports & Publications
The Dairy Roadmap 2018 and sustainable dairy farming By Francesca Harding Scientific Officer At the end of last month The Dairy Roadmap 10th Anniversary report was launched in the house of commons. Compiled by Dairy UK, the NFU, and AHDB; the report details the...
by Toby Mottram | Apr 23, 2018 | Animal health, Animal welfare, VirtualVet
This month our blog from the VirtualVet team is a round up of the most important international agricultural news, and what it could mean for the dairy industry both home and abroad. By Sinead Quealy Ireland Ireland is in the midst of fodder crisis which is having...
by Toby Mottram | Mar 28, 2018 | Animal health, Animal welfare, Bolus Trials, Data Analysis
With the clocks going forward and the weather slowly improving it finally seems as though spring is on its way. With this our Farm Liason Officer David Selway noticed an interesting difference in pH data from our boluses over the last week. In this blog he explains...
by Toby Mottram | Mar 19, 2018 | Animal health, Animal welfare, Bolus Trials, Company News, Reports & Publications, Research & Development, Technology and innovation
Exploring gastric pH Through our many years of developing telemetry devices not only we have learnt a thing or two about the gastrointestinal pH of cows, but of several other species as well. As we now enter the fifteenth year of pH monitoring using rumen telemetry,...
by Toby Mottram | Mar 14, 2018 | Animal health, Company News, Technology and innovation, VirtualVet
The first of March’s VirtualVet blogs brings with it some exciting news; both VirtualVet and Milkalyser, eCow’s sister company, will be involved in the roll out of 5G in the UK. The UK government awarded £25 million to several consortiums to pave the way...
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